* Now, let's read some example works. After you read each selection, please answer questions as a running Journal 8: Renaissance through Restoration Writers
- 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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