Paris Peace Accords 23 Oct. 1991

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Listen and read along PARADISE LOST (considered the greatest poem in literature): Episode 7: Satan flies to Hell's gate where he encounters his daughter Sin and his son Death



1:18:30 Episode 7: Satan flies to Hell's gate where he encounters his daughter Sin and his son Death. (The Bible doesn't tell us how sin came to be; this is an imaginative rendering of a possibility.)

Read along beginning at bottom of p. 51: https://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/Paradise-Lost.pdf.

A very good introduction and overview of this classic by John Milton (1608-1674), a contemporary of Shakespeare (1564-1616), considered by many to be the greatest poem, written when he had already gone blind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlUpe1Yblt8.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous10:23 PM

    True, it took years to develop the skill, habit and endurance to read then enjoy epic poem. After that you can enjoy reading everything, at everywhere ! People notice and admire you too, the way you speak or write perfect, fluent English of academic level irregardless of some accent !.

    Fortunately or not !, people who study Mathematics or physics need to grasp instead numbers, either real or imaginative , memorize tons of formulas and equations , develop the skills of observation and doing experimentation etc....

    Then when they start talking, or writing, not a lot of people understand them !!! Grammar is their worst subject ! Parentheses and brackets are their weapons of choice or shields for their survival !

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