Which two sets of lines in this excerpt from John Milton's Paradise Lost show that Satan acknowledges the goodness of God, despite his claim that God is a dictator?

Into our room of bliss thus high advanc't

Creatures of other mould, earth-born perhaps,

Not Spirits, yet to heav'nly Spirits bright

Little inferior; whom my thoughts pursue

With wonder, and could love, so lively shines

In them Divine resemblance, and such grace

The hand that formd them on their shape hath pourd.

Ah gentle pair, yee little think how nigh

Your change approaches, when all these delights

Will vanish and deliver ye to woe ...

For Plato

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Samantha Mcgee

22 August, 11:16

Which two sets of lines in this excerpt from John Milton's Paradise Lost show that Satan acknowledges the goodness of God, despite his claim that God is a dictator?

Into our room of bliss thus high advanc't

Creatures of other mould, earth-born perhaps,

Not Spirits, yet to heav'nly Spirits bright

Little inferior; whom my thoughts pursue

With wonder, and could love, so lively shines

In them Divine resemblance, and such grace

The hand that formd them on their shape hath pourd.

Ah gentle pair, yee little think how nigh

Your change approaches, when all these delights

Will vanish and deliver ye to woe ...

For Plato

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Barbara Frey · Answer 1

The correct answer is "In them Divine resemblance, and such grace/The hand that formd them on their shape hath pourd."

In these lines, Satan characterizes the pair (Adam and Eve) to have both a "Divine resemblance," or a likeness to God, and "grace." Since these traits are equated to one another, we can infer that God has grace, and thus God is good. Satan further acknowledges the goodness of God because He's the one who created Adam and Eve, the one who "formd" and "pourd" grace "on their shape." Since God bestowed these traits on the two humans, we can again infer that God is good.

Carley Cantu · Answer 2

Carley Cantu 22 August, 14:37

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It is divine resemblance