Darkness Visible

By Mark Oram

John Milton’s Paradise Lost is an English epic poem about the Fall of Adam and Eve. Darkness Visible offers my 10th grade English students a detailed reading and analysis of key excerpts from througho... more

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The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.

Darkness Visible episodes:

October 28, 2020 Paradise Lost - An Interview with Dr. Kate McPherson
Wrapping up Paradise Lost is tough to do on your own. So I got a little help from a friend. Dr. Kate McPherson is a Professor of English at Utah Valley University, and Director of the Honors Program. And she just so happens to be an expert on 17th-Century English Literature. Today, I get to do something I've wanted to do for years - I get to ask her all my big Paradise Lost questions. I hope you enjoy this conclusion to the first season of Darkness Visible.
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54min
October 15, 2020 Redemption
In the final episode of Paradise Lost, Adam and Eve confront the full weight of their disobedience. Despair gives way to reconciliation in this bittersweet denouement of Milton's epic.
[Trigger warning: suicidal ideation. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Hotline at 800-273-8255, visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org, or reach out to a trusted adult. Help is available.]
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1h 5min
October 11, 2020 Punishment
“God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.” In this episode, the aftermath of the Fall continues to unravel. Students are encouraged to analyze how themes of vengeance, guilt, and self-deception have developed as the story has reached its climax.
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50min
October 06, 2020 Lost
Would you be willing to die for the one you love? In this episode, students will begin to see the negative consequences of “Man’s first disobedience.”
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47min
October 04, 2020 Forbidden Fruit
Why is the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil even in this garden in the first place? In this crucial episode, students will be asked to carefully evaluate the deceptive rhetoric of the story’s antagonist as he tempts Eve. Can you see through the holes in his argument, or does he get you too?
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54min
September 28, 2020 Eden Exposed
Would you be happy, living with the knowledge that an enemy hell-bent on your destruction was watching your every move? In this episode, major themes and conflicts in the epic begin to converge in an increasingly heated argument between Adam and Eve. Students are asked to carefully evaluate the merits and weaknesses of contrasting arguments regarding the nature of free will, obedience, and temptation.
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37min
September 28, 2020 Why?
Eve gets all the credit for being the curious one. Maybe that's because most people skip Books V-VIII. In this episode, students will attend to the details of plot, character development, and structure within the epic.
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29min
September 23, 2020 Paradise
Book IV of Paradise Lost continues with a stunning introduction to Adam and Eve. Quirks and questions abound in this strange but endearing moment of Milton's epic poem. Students are asked to consider how Milton represents concepts such as innocence, work, love, perfection, and equality, within the increasingly problematic context of the poem.
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55min
September 21, 2020 Be Thou My Good
What would you be willing to give up for the greater good? In this episode, students are asked to consider how a single line of text can be read with deeply contrasting interpretations. The implications of HOW we read can be just as critical as WHAT we read.
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32min
September 20, 2020 All One
Let's untangle the most profound religious and philosophical knots in the universe. Blindfolded. This episode reorients the reader to the perspective of the protagonists as they consider how to respond to Satan’s ongoing rebellion. Students are asked to consider the complexity of key themes in the poem: Free Will and the Problem of Evil.
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59min

FAQs about Darkness Visible:

How many episodes does Darkness Visible have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.