Jenna Thibodeau

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[Jenna Thibodeau @JennaThibodea13]

"...nature's whole wealth, yea more, A Heav'n on Earth: For blissful paradise" (207-208). Considering how the story of Adam and Eve ended, what is significant about the garden being compared to heaven? #103smc #milton

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"What could be less than to afford Him praise, The easiest recompense, and pay Him thanks" (46-47). It seems that more often than not those who receive praise deserve it the least. Is it problematic to convey that message by critiquing how Christians praise God? #103smc #milton

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"Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell...To which the Hell I suffer seems a heaven" (75,78). It is interesting that Satan personifies Hell to represent himself, while at the same time comparing Heaven to his own personal Hell. I wonder what this means. #103smc #milton

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@ogrady_ashlyn I believe that was Milton's way of portraying Satan's humanity. He is aiming to draw comparisons between all humans and the way he describes Satan's character. #103smc #milton

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@monroemadison4 Right! It's important to consider how normalities of time periods dictate how we define our interpretative lenses. #103smc #milton

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Babel is described to be a "Tower built by men who wished to reach heaven". What is the significance within mortals attempting to control their fates? #103smc #milton

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There are many references of day and night. What do the time periods of the day being described add to the scenes of the story? #milton #103smc

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"Let none admire that riches grow in Hell" (691). I wonder what this line was attempting to communicate about wealth and social class during the time period it was written in. #103smc #milton

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@KateLeClaire1 These are interesting questions. I think the larger a place is described to be, the more authority we believe it has. As readers and interpreters, we must understand that these are places humans have not fully grasped. #103smc #milton

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@KateLeClaire1 This could be in attempt to sympathize with those outcasted from society. I believe that Satan is supposed to represent those with no voice. #103smc #Milton

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What do you all think the main differences between Donne and Milton regarding topics of sexuality are? #103smc #milton

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@KateLeClaire1 This an interesting aspect of Christianity. I have found that unnecessary self blame is an integral part to having a 'relationship' with God, according to more conservative views. Milton may have adopted some of these ideologies in his work. #103smc #milton

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@monroemadison4 That is an interesting thought. The concept of Satan is so general to all bad things that it can be applied to countless pieces of literature and religious texts.#milton #103smc

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“I fondly ask; but patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either man’s work or his own gifts, who best Bear his mild yoke” (Sonnet 19). What are Milton's beliefs regarding God and the expression of one's own sexuality? #milton #103smc

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“That I to manhood arrived so near, and inward ripeness doth much less appear” (Sonnet 7). What does Milton believe about the development of the mind and it's connection to the body? #milton #103smc

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In Elegy 19, there are a lot of religious comparisons when discussing the stripping of his mistress, I wonder how audiences responded to this according to varying time periods. #103smc #Donne

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"As virtuous men pass mildly away..." What does it mean to be a virtuous man as oppose to a virtuous woman? #103smc #Donne

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Donne is an advocate for being open about discussing sexual encounters within the realms of poetry, but would he be as interested in this idea if it wasn't considered such a taboo subject matter? #103smc #Donne

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@JasSeng103 I think that Donne's poems covering topics of both religion and eroticism show readers how connected the two topics are, opposing the common belief that they are separated. #Donne #103smc

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@KateLeClaire1 I thought the same thing. It seems like Donne enjoys creating situations for himself in his poetry that guarantees a lose-lose situation for the sake of pondering contradictions. #103smc #Donne