In "An Essay on Man" Pope states "But vindicate the ways of God to man" (Line 16) which Pope says this is the full purpose of the poem making this the critical line. ... Pope tries to refrain from subjecting the reader to a religious background and instead Pope takes a more philosophical approach to compare his own perception of the opening line of "Paradise Lost". ... It's significant to analyze literature, because literature is written to testify what is going on in that time period and gives us a good grasp on what people were thinking about. ... During th...

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