Plot Summary (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Type of poem Paradise Lost is
Type of poem Paradise Lost is
Epic poem
Blank verse definition
Blank verse definition
Regular meter (iambic pentameter) without rhyme
Satan's disguise in Book IX
Satan's disguise in Book IX
Serpent
How serpent claims he gained speech
How serpent claims he gained speech
By eating fruit from a particular tree
What Adam knows eating the fruit means
What Adam knows eating the fruit means
Death and separation from God
Feelings after eating forbidden fruit
Feelings after eating forbidden fruit
Shame and guilt
Satan's punishment in Pandemonium
Satan's punishment in Pandemonium
Transformed into a serpent
What fruit turns to in serpents' mouths
What fruit turns to in serpents' mouths
Dust and ashes
Eve's suggestion to escape the curse
Eve's suggestion to escape the curse
Suicide
What Adam proposes in Book X
What Adam proposes in Book X
Repentance and prayer