In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Milton paints you a mental picture of what his garden of Eden looks like. ... On the other hand the Bible just presents the Serpent as the definition of EVIL, just waiting around in the Tree of Knowledge, like if Satan has always been there. ... The poem also explains that the serpent was sleeping when Satan takes over its body. The Bible make it look like Satan is in fact the serpent. "returns as a mist by night into Paradise; enters into the Serpent sleeping." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Milton intended Paradise Lost to be an epic poem; this meant the poem had to meet specific requirements. ... There has been much debate on the hero of Paradise Lost, and one of the possibilities that is discussed is weather Milton intended Satan to be the hero. ... Book IX is heavily focused on the fall of Adam and Eve, here we can see many of Satan's characteristics and see if he is qualified to be noted as the hero of Paradise Lost. ... These examples of Satan's character show that Milton did not intend for Satan to be the hero of the poem. Since Milton uses many heroic qualities ...

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• Has Bibliography
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Paradise Lost is a poem essentially about the origin of sin and evil, as a result, Milton presents evil in a more coercive manner than good. Satan and his followers in Paradise Lost are presented as being more evil that God and his disciples are good. ... Milton definitely portrays Satan's evil in Book four by asserting that Satan is hell and that evil is his good because good has been lost to him. ... Due to the drama and persuasiveness of Satan's rhetoric, he is the most well developed character in Paradise Lost. ... Because evil defeats good in Paradise Lost it must be trea...

• Word Count: 943
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Measure of A Man John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is an attempt to justify the ways of God concerning Creation and the fall of man. ... He accepts his charge completely and Eden thus exists as his Paradise. ... Although Adam never directly associates with Satan or his minions, he stands for everything that Satan does not, thus making him an enemy of Satan. ... Although the epic poem "Paradise Lost" contains a great deal of tragedy, the true tragedy of Adam's fall is often overlooked. ... It is a vicious cycle that leaves destruction in its wake and Paradise lost...

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According to Milton, in his Paradise Lost: Book 9, Eve was also starving, as it was lunch time and Adam was no where to be found to find her some kind of food. ... The Serpent is to blame the most, for in the Bible and in Paradise Lost, he is the first to be cursed, meaning he did the most harm. ... She disobeyed what God told her to do and believed Satan over Him. ...

• Word Count: 694
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• Grade Level: High School