<b>Lucifer’s logic: argumentation in John Milton’s <i>Paradise Lost</i></b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v35i3.15467

The present article aims at undertaking an analysis of the argumentative component of a passage from John Milton’s Paradise Lost, which is intended to shed light on some compositional aspects of the epic’s protagonist, Lucifer/Satan. The passage selected for analysis is the one in which Satan convin...

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Main Author: Fabiano Seixas Fernandes
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2013-03-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture
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Online Access:http://186.233.154.254/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/15467
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description The present article aims at undertaking an analysis of the argumentative component of a passage from John Milton’s Paradise Lost, which is intended to shed light on some compositional aspects of the epic’s protagonist, Lucifer/Satan. The passage selected for analysis is the one in which Satan convinces Eve to eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Its analysis was undertaken using an adapted version of the theoretical framework proposed by Douglas Walton (2008).
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<b>Lucifer’s logic: argumentation in John Milton’s <i>Paradise Lost</i></b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v35i3.15467
Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture
John Milton
Paraíso perdido
argumentação
title <b>Lucifer’s logic: argumentation in John Milton’s <i>Paradise Lost</i></b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v35i3.15467
title_full <b>Lucifer’s logic: argumentation in John Milton’s <i>Paradise Lost</i></b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v35i3.15467
title_fullStr <b>Lucifer’s logic: argumentation in John Milton’s <i>Paradise Lost</i></b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v35i3.15467
title_full_unstemmed <b>Lucifer’s logic: argumentation in John Milton’s <i>Paradise Lost</i></b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v35i3.15467
title_short <b>Lucifer’s logic: argumentation in John Milton’s <i>Paradise Lost</i></b> - doi: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v35i3.15467
title_sort b lucifer s logic argumentation in john milton s i paradise lost i b doi 10 4025 actascilangcult v35i3 15467
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argumentação
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