Question

In Paradise Lost by John Milton, how does picking up the story after Satan and the other angels have fallen follow the convention of epic form?

A. An epic begins in medias res.

B. An epic begins with an invocation.

C. An epic begins with a famous battle.

D. An epic begins with an extended simile.

Answer 1

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In Paradise Lost by John Milton, how does picking up the story after Satan and the other angels have fallen follow the convention of epic form?

Answer: D. An epic begins with an extended simile.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) An epic begins in medias res. Its important to remember that the term medias res means that a story, in this case In Paradise Lost, begins in the middle of a plot. Because John Milton does not tell the story of how Satan and the other angels fell from heaven but picks up after, this is an example of epic form.