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,

for Plato

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Winston Gallagher

8 May, 16:51

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,

for Plato

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Clinton Vazquez · Answer 1

The first and the second the other i'm don't know but the first and the second are right.

Charlie Huerta · Answer 2

The correct answer is "Where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,/Among our other torments not the least,/Still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines."

In characterizing Hell, Satan is directly contrasting it with the "joy" and "love" found in Eden. He describes the "fierce desire" in Hell to be only one "torment" among many, showing his regret for the "joy" and "love" no longer available to him. Additionally, Satan talks about his "pain of longing pines," which further adds to this idea of regret.