- Punctuate the following, please: "Therefore about an hour and a half ere they eat at Noon should be allow'd them for exercise and due rest afterwards But the time for this may be enlarg'd at pleasure according as their rising in the morning shall be early."
- Lit. Timeline: Short
- John Milton (biographical information: read the first five paragraphs today or tomorrow)
- Read Milton's poem "On Shakespeare"
- 1. What will Shakespeare's lasting monument be, according to Milton. Was he correct?
- Read this selection from his essay "Of Education" (if you would like to read the entire essay, you may do so at Dartmouth)
- 2. What are three aspects of Milton's ideal education that you like? Explain.
- 3. What are two aspects of Milton's ideal education that you find inferior to education today? Explain.
- Read "When I Consider How My Light is Spent"
- 4. How might this poem relate to the poet losing his own eye-sight. Explain.
- Read Book 1 of Paradise Lost
- 5. In one paragraph, tell me about Milton's depiction of Satan.
- If you would like to read any more Milton, consider the John Milton Reading Room at Dartmouth.
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