Chorus
Melbourne, Jane. "The Narrator As Chorus In Paradise Lost." Studies In English Literature (Rice) 33.1 (1993): 149-165. Literary Reference Center Plus. Web. 24 Oct. 2014.
At the start of this book Milton invokes a muse to help him tell the story. Along with the appearing of a muse, a chorus often appears unprovoked throughout the poem. One possible explanation for these events is that Milton is trying to incorporate the choric voice of tragedy into the narrative structure of the epic. Milton often wrote from a dark place, so by using a muse and a chorus he could more easily set the mood that he was looking for at a certain point in the poem. This poem could be viewed as a tragedy, before it eventually became an epic, based on the use of a muse and a chorus.
At the start of this book Milton invokes a muse to help him tell the story. Along with the appearing of a muse, a chorus often appears unprovoked throughout the poem. One possible explanation for these events is that Milton is trying to incorporate the choric voice of tragedy into the narrative structure of the epic. Milton often wrote from a dark place, so by using a muse and a chorus he could more easily set the mood that he was looking for at a certain point in the poem. This poem could be viewed as a tragedy, before it eventually became an epic, based on the use of a muse and a chorus.
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