Self & Society: British Lit @Hood College

For Hot, Cold, Moist, and Dry, four champions fierce Strive here for mast'ry and to battle bring Their embryon atoms. (line 897-900)

"So he with difficulty, and labour hard Moved on; with difficulty and labour he: But he once pass'd, soon after, when man fell, Strange alteration; Sin, and Death, amain, Following his tract (such was the will of heaven) Pav'd after him a broad and beaten way Over the dark abyss, whose boiling gulf Tamely endur'd a bridge of wondrous length, From hell contained, reaching th'utmost orb Of this frail world; by which the spirits perverse With easy intercourse pass to and fro, To tempt or punish mortals, except whom God and good angels guard by special grace." (Lines 1021-1033)

"...Out of thy head I sprung! Amazement seized All th' host of Heav'n. Back they recoiled afraid At first and called me "Sin" and for a sign Portentous held me. But familiar grown I pleased and with attractive graces won The most averse (thee chiefly) who full oft Thyself in me thy perfect image viewing Becam'st enamoured and such joy thou took'st With me in secret that my womb conceived A growing burden." (Book 2, Lines 758-767) "...and swifter far Me overtook, his mother, all dismayed, And embraces forcible and foul Engend'ring with me of that rape begot These yelling monsters that with ceaseless cry Surround me as thou saw'st, hourly conceived And hourly born as sorrow infinite To me." (Book 2, Lines 791-798) And then these hell-hound children of hers crawl back into her womb and chew on her insides? What the fucking shit, Milton? (Image from Meme Generator - https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/400x/2

“On th’ other side Incensed with indignation Satan stood Unterrified and like a comet burned That fires the length of Ophiucus huge In th’ arctic sky and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.” 706-711 Notes for understanding: Ophiucus is a large constillation of a man holding a snake. Also comets were frequently thought to be the cause of war or other bad events. On the other side Feeling really angry and frustrated about the unfairness of things satan stood there He was unafraid and like a big firey disaster causing comet With enough power to go very far and cause a lot of bad-ness.

"Darkened so, yet shone Above them all th' archangel, but his face Deep scars of thunder had entrenched and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage and consid'rate pride Waiting revenge." (599-604)

"Thus they relate,/Erring. For he with his rebellious rout/ fell long before..." (746-748).

In the reading I found this short paragraph interesting. "But He who reigns Monarch in Heav'n til then as one secure Sat on His throne upheld by old repute, Consent or custom, and His regal state Put forth at full but still His strength concealed, Which tempted our attempt and wrought our fall. Henceforth His might we know, and know our own, So as not either to provoke or dread New war provoked." (637-345) Who are they to blame God for their failed attempt in trying to take over his kingship? They believed that they were smarter than God and knew his strength, but God didn't reveal how powerful he was to them. Since God's full power wasn't revealed, they believed that they were powerful enough to overthrow him. Why would they think that they could power over someone who they used to worship, and most importantly someone who created them? How disloyal and selfish.

"And, as a vapor or a drop of rain, Once lost, can ne'er be found again,      So when you or I are made      A fable, song, or fleeting shade,      All love, all liking, all delight      Lies drowned with us in endless night. Then while time serves, and we are but decaying, Come, my Corrina, come, let's go a-Maying." (63-70)

"So restless Cromwell would not cease In the inglorious arts of peace, But through adventurous war Urgèd his active star, And, like the three-forked lightning, first Breaking the clouds where it was nursed, Did through his own side His fiery way divide" (Marvel, 9-16) Is Marvel blaming Cromwell for the civil war? Restless Cromwell through war urged his star (which controls his fate) and divided his side (which I take just means his countrymen since it's being compared to lightning breaking the clouds that nursed it). Am I reading this correct?

When Love with unconfin e' d wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings to wisper at the grates; stock image, hands of prisoner on prison bars, istockphoto.com

See how Aurora thows her fair Fresh quilted colors through the air Lines 2-3 Robert Herrick

"I will advise you where to plant yourselves, Aquaint you with the perfect spy o' th' time, The moment on 't, for 't must be done tonight..." (Act 3 scene 2 lines 148-150) Why couldn't Macbeth just commit the murder himself if he knew exactly what he wanted done to Banquo?

"Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown/And put a barren scepter in my grip,/Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand,/No son of mine succeeding."(Act 3, Scene 1,66-69)

"If trembling I inhabit then, protest me The baby of a girl." (Act 3, scene 4, 127-128)

"Naught's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy." (3.2.6-9) https://imgflip.com/i/1tsntt

First Witch      All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! Second Witch      All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! Third Witch      All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter! Page 17: Act I/ Scene 3/ Lines 51-53

the love that follows us sometime is our trouble , which we still thank as love (act 1 sc 6 line 14-15)

"I am settled and bend up/ Each corporal agent to this terrible feat./ Away, and mock the time with fairest show./ False face must hide what the false heart doth/ know." (1.7.92-96)

"The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step On which I must fall down or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires." (1.4.55-58)

“Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.” (Act 1, scene 3, Line 164)