1. Samuel Johnson (2013) highlights the importance of the Archangel Michael's prophecy and its connection with what he calls "the great action" in Milton's Paradise Lost. He also claims that epic poetry such as Paradise Lost "undertakes to teach the most important truths by the most pleasing precepts and therefore relates some great event in the most affecting manner". Relate these observations to the conversation between Michael, Adam, and Eve, taking into account the diction and rhythm of the poem.
2. Write an entry which demonstrates how in "A Modest Proposal" Jonathan Swift meets the criteria set forth by John Dryden in "A Discourse Concerning the Origin and Progress of Satire."