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The Path to Paradox: The Effects of the Falls in Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Conrad's "Lord Jim"

This study arranges symptoms of polarity into a causal sequence# beginning with the origin of contrarieties and ending with the ultimate effect. The origin is considered as the fall of man, denoting both a mythic concept and a specific act of betrayal. This study argues that a sense of separateness precedes the fall or act of separation; the act of separation produces various kinds of fragmentation; and the fragments are reunited through paradox. Therefore, a causal relationship exists between the "fall" motif and the concept of paradox.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc332146
Date05 1900
CreatorsMathews, Alice McWhirter
ContributorsFord, Howard Lee, Stevens, L. Robert, Henderson, Sam H., Painter, William E.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 297 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Mathews, Alice (Alice McWhirter), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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