John Milton's Paradise Lost is a work that attempts, in part, to justify the ways of God to mankind. ... Part of the reason why Milton's task is so ominous is that the seemingly indescribable pervades Paradise Lost. ... The finest example of this involves the depiction of Paradise throughout Paradise Lost. ... The focus here shall be, as it is in Paradise Lost, Satan. While reading the first books of Paradise Lost, many disturbing questions concerning the character of Satan arise. ...

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Meadows 1 John Milton's Paradise Lost is a work that attempts, in part, to justify the ways of God to mankind. ... Part of the reason why Milton's task is so ominous is that the seemingly indescribable pervades Paradise Lost. ... The finest example of this involves the depiction of Paradise throughout Paradise Lost. ... The focus here shall be, as it is in Paradise Lost, Satan. While reading the first books of Paradise Lost, many disturbing questions concerning the character of Satan arise. ...

• Word Count: 1210
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School