Question

Select the correct text in the passage. Which three lines or sets of lines in this excerpt from John Milton's Paradise Lost reflect Satan's apparent regret that he can never experience love? Imparadis't in one anothers arms The happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill Of bliss on bliss, while I to Hell am thrust, Where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire, Among our other torments not the least, Still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines; Yet let me not forget what I have gain'd From their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems: One fatal Tree there stands of Knowledge call'd, Forbidden them to taste: Knowledge forbidd'n? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envie them that? can it be sin to know,

Answer 1

Satan's regret is shown on the following lines:

The happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill Of bliss on bliss, while I to Hell am thrust, Where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire, Among our other torments not the least, Still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines.

The excerpt of the text shows Satan's regret that he can never experience love by the use of comparison, keywords and an archaic phrase. The comparison made of Eden with Hell, while talking about Eden the words enjoy and bliss are used and it is describe as an enjoyable place. While talking about Hell there is neither joy nor love, it is seen as a place of torment. The keywords that show regret are: torment, pain, unfulfilled and desire. The archaic phrase that shows the deepest regret is "Still unfulfilled with pain of longing pines" longing pines is an old phrase used to express suffering, in the excerpt the suffering it is referred to is the lack of love.

Answer 2

Which THREE LINES // SETS OF LINES in this excerpt from John Milton's Paradise Lost reflect Satan's apparent regret that he can never experience love?

→Imparadis't in one anothers arms  

The happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill ←

[Lines 1&2] Of bliss on bliss, while I to Hell am thrust,  

Where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire

→Among our other torments not the least←

[Line 3] Still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines

→Yet let me not forget what I have gain'd  

From their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems←

→One fatal Tree there stands of Knowledge call'd,  

Forbidden them to taste: Knowledge forbidd'n←

→Suspicious, reason-less. Why should their Lord  

Envies them that? can it be sin to know←