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  2. File:Paradise Lost, Book 2, ll. 914–920.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Uploaded a work by University of Toronto Scanning Center from Paradise lost as originally published by John Milton: being a facsimile reproduction of the first ed with UploadWizard File usage The following page uses this file:

  3. Optimism - Wikipedia

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    Half a glass of water, illustration of two different mental attitudes, optimism (half full) and pessimism (half empty). Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable.

  4. Paradise Lost - Wikipedia

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    The Archangel Raphael with Adam and Eve (Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost"), William Blake (1808). Raphael is an archangel who is sent by God to Eden in order to strengthen Adam and Eve against Satan. He tells a heroic tale about the War in Heaven that takes up most of Book 6 of Paradise Lost. Ultimately, the story told by Raphael, in ...

  5. Paradise Lost (play) - Wikipedia

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    Glenn Jordan directed a television revival production of Paradise Lost that was first broadcast on American Public Television in two parts, on February 25 and March 4, 1971. The editor was Frank Herold and the play was recorded at Teletape Studios, NYC. Herold received a 1972 Emmy Award nomination for video editing. [2] Jo Van Fleet as Clara Gordon

  6. Paradise Lost in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Paradise Lost is an important element to the Season 1, Episode 9, "Planets Aligned" of the Canadian TV Series, Flashpoint as some of the characters mention quotes from it in the episode. Paradise Lost comes into play in the third season of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with strong references to the book including an episode named after it.

  7. Pandæmonium (Paradise Lost) - Wikipedia

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    Pandæmonium (or Pandemonium in some versions of English) is the capital of Hell in John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name stems from the Greek pan (παν), meaning 'all' or 'every', and daimónion (δαιμόνιον), a diminutive form meaning 'little spirit', 'little angel', or, as Christians interpreted it, 'little ...

  8. Paradise Regained - Wikipedia

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    Whereas Paradise Lost is ornate in style and decorative in its verse, Paradise Regained is carried out in a fairly plain style. Specifically, Milton reduces his use of simile and deploys a simpler syntax in Paradise Regained than he does in Paradise Lost , and this is consistent with Biblical descriptions of Jesus's plainness in his life and ...

  9. Milton's Prosody - Wikipedia

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    Bridges begins with a detailed empirical analysis of the blank verse of Paradise Lost, and then examines the changes in Milton's practice in his later poems Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. A third section deals with 'obsolete mannerisms'. The final section of the book presents a new system of prosody for accentual verse.