Lascelles claims, disparagingly, that Johnson has turned 'Juvenal's acceptance of a countryman's life into a little pastoral',12 a romanticised retreat, and has therefore lost the irony in the prospect of leaving Rome, only to find oneself with a plot so meagre that it can only host a 'single lizard'. ... In a recent work of scholarship, Christine Rees, observes that Johnson 'is hinting at Miltonic phrase and simile'.14 She specifically refers to the lines, 'and of pure now purer air/ Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires/ Vernal delight...

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Finally, this section will also compare the two characters with that of Satan, the major character in the poem "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. ... Satan: Milton's Paradise Lost In the epic poem of Paradise Lost by John Milton, Satan who is one of the characters is also depicted as a villainous character that is up to causing rifts and disturbance due to his quest for power and authority (Milton 58). ... In the poem, Milton did not depict Satan as undisguised evil, since he did not want to risk losing the sympathy and interest of his readers. ... This sympathy created by Milton is simila...

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