According to Neil Forsyth, John Milton's Paradise Lost is "an epic poem about the origin of evil" (Forsyth). In Paradise Lost Milton portrays Satan as both a single and plural entity and the reader is left to wonder if Milton intends to portray him as good or evil; a hero or a villain. ... Satan is portrayed this way in Paradise Lost. ... Milton writes the character of Satan in Paradise Lost in such a way that it makes it almost impossible not to like him. ... In the poem Paradise Lost, Milton's Satan crosses over to observe God's new world. ...

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Milton's Paradise Lost explains the biblical story of Adam and Eve. ... In book two of Paradise Lost, Milton portrays Satan as a rebel who exhibits certain heroic qualities, but who turns out not to be a hero. ... This is an excellent example of Satan's use of seduction throughout Paradise Lost. Early in Paradise Lost, Satan establishes himself as a defender of freedom. ... Milton's Paradise Lost demonstrates the thin line between good and evil. ...

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However, Milton's theme in 'Paradise Lost' transcends the limits of a particular race or nationality. ... Milton was well aware of this fact and 'Paradise Lost" is a specimen of its grandeur and sublimity. ... 'Paradise Lost' is also not without a moral. ... In the end, we can say that Milton's 'Paradise Lost' is a great epic even surpassing the epics of Virgil and Homer in the conception and execution of the theme. ... Undoubtedly, Milton was a great epic poet and 'Paradise Lost' is an outspoken proof of it. ...

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My aim is to do an essay to analyze Paradise Lost by the English poet John Milton. ... Paradise Lost is considered to be his masterpiece. ... The theme of nature is also important in Paradise Lost. ... The final image of Paradise Lost is profoundly forward-looking, an image of gain through loss. ... In Paradise Lost we have characters who are against authority and the same occurred in Milton's time since, Milton himself was against the king Charles I. ...

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In Paradise Lost by John Milton, the author brings about the idea of sin and repentance. ... Milton does this to set up the conflict between Adam and God. ... God said, "All thy request for Man, accepted Son (Milton 11.46)." ... (Milton 9.1057). ... She begged Adam to, "divide [their] labors," (Milton 9.214). ...

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In the text Paradise Lost, Satan is very much a main character who has maybe the most dialogue and character development. ... He lost this battle and God banished Satan as well as his followers out of Heaven forever. ... Milton himself was a puritan in Western Europe. ... Most readers of Paradise Lost would agree, after reading the first half of the poem they want to sympathize with Satan. ... The status of whoever is reading Paradise Lost is most likely in a similar boat, not in the sense that they are in something like hell, but that they work to end up in a better place. ...

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That said, modern readers of Milton's Paradise Lost may be inclined to observe Satan's government in Hell as ideal - everyone has an opportunity to speak his piece, and votes are taken when decisions are called for. ... However, twentieth century wisdom does not apply to Paradise Lost, as Milton takes great pains to associate God's council with holiness, and Satan's with wickedness. ... Milton makes no secret of the discrepancy between the two councils. ... In it, he makes the transition from "utter and middle darkness of Chaos and eternal Night- to the "holy light- and...

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In order to determine whether Adam and Eve forfeit paradise, it must be determined whether Eden, as presented by John Milton in his epic work Paradise Lost, truly serves as a paradise for it occupants. Milton's Paradise successfully serves as a paradise for Adam and Eve because it induces unqualified happiness in its inhabitants by engendering a sense of self-worth in Adam and Eve. Paradise is only worthy of its name if it is deemed so by its inhabitants. ... This line may imply that the seat of Paradise affords a view of its surroundings, or that Paradise contains within itself various v...

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Through the examination of the central characters in The Iliad, The Faerie Queene, and Paradise Lost, one can come to comprehend this transition throughout the epic tradition. ... In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Milton uses the anti-hero, Satan, as a tool to expose the flaws within England's political system at the time. ... Satan is a traditional hero as his qualities reflect the attributes valued in his society; however, Milton also suggests that these modern heroes should be questioned. ... Milton ridicules dishonest politicians (Tchokoté) through his mock trial. ... This p...

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The book "Paradise Lost" is quite confusing to read, not only the language, (which I need a dictionary to understand), but also the ideas. I think Milton himself was quite unsure where he really was going with that. ... Now we can have expulsion from Paradise, the Exodus, Roman rule and finally coming and crucifixion of Christ. ... They were thrown out of the Paradise and they went, went without a word of protest. ... So what does Milton do in his poem? ...

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This is exactly the case with John Milton's Satan from his poem Paradise Lost. ... Milton even writes at one point that Satan can be admired and not feared (Milton II.677- 678). ... What though the field be lost? ... He knows that the field is lost, and that he cannot win, but with his unconquerable will and his courage he finds the power to fight on. ... (Rajan, 95) The power that his heroism could possess is soon lost because of its devotion to evil. ...

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Satan: The Unlikely Hero The following references to Paradise Lost' means Book 1 only. ... The result was Paradise Lost'. ... This passionate religious perspective is the inspiration for Paradise Lost'. ... In Paradise Lost' Milton's beliefs are presented through Satan as he commands his army of fallen angels. ... Milton's Paradise Lost' is unsettling to the status quo of his readers because Satan is presented as a hero. ...

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A discussion of Milton's note on the versification of Paradise Lost might point to his apparent dislike of "the jingling sound of like endings" (255). ... For instance, you might mention that in Paradise Lost Milton invokes the Muse to help him "assert Eternal Providence, / And justify the ways of God to men" (25-26). Please note that the quoted material is integrated seamlessly, so that were the quotation marks to be removed from the preceding sentences it would be impossible to tell where my words end and Milton's begin. ... Milton is too easy for this, but Irving Layton provides a...

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The purpose of this paper is to compare Adam and Eve's marriage before and after the Fall from Eden, as written by John Milton in Paradise Lost. Milton does not give Adam and Eve a child-like innocence, so they are not free from "imperfections" that religion says only came after they ate from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. Instead, there are positive and negative aspects within their relationship while still in Paradise. ...

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"I have sought for a joy without pain,/ For a solid without fluctuation..." (The Book of Urizen). How does Blake's poetry comment on Urizen's longings? The Urizenic ideology of immutability is what Blake seeks to subvert and destroy throughout his poetry. Urizen's longings epitomizes the tyr...

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In John Milton's Paradise Lost, the epic poet explores the source of "Man's First disobedience.... However, Milton fleshes out the uncanny parallels between Satan and Man as well as the intriguing connection between Satan and Eve. ... During the time period in which Paradise Lost was written, Calvinism was growing as a major branch of Christianity. ... In Book I of Paradise Lost, Satan plays an interesting role that does not exist in Genesis so as to inquire further on the source of Man's first disobedience. Milton brings us before the Fall of Man to the Fall of Satan. ...

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One of the most famous poets during the Renaissance is John Milton. His classis master piece is Paradise Lost. In this poem Milton used great imagery and justified the ways of g-d to man. The work of Milton is studied in schools and universities today and he is regarded as one of the greatest English Poets. ...

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Sinfulness in Christianity is well-explained in a poem called "Paradise Lost.... When Alexander Pope wrote line 16, he wrote it as a variation of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" opening lines. While Milton takes a more Christian approach to his poem by describing bible references in his own point of view. 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". ...

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Some examples of poetry he translated were Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, John Milton's Paradise Lost, and Aenid. ... One might draw comparisons from some of his translations directly to The Rape of the Lock; for instance, take Milton's description of Eve discovering and contemplating her reflection: As I bent down to look, just opposite, A Shape within the watry gleam appeerd Bending to look on me, I started back, It started back, but pleasd I soon returnd, Pleas'd it returnd as soon with answering looks Of sympathie and love, there I had fixt Mine eyes till no...

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So the reference to Milton`s Paradise Lost that opens the fifth stanza emphasis on the devil`s nature of humans. ... "The pastoral paradise of The Lamb is juxtaposed with the industrial furnace of The Tyger" (Vines 117). ...

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Society places a lot of importance on knowledge and education and for the most part, the attainment of knowledge is a wonderful and empowering thing. However, Mary Shelley, in her novel "Frankenstein," argues that the pursuit of knowledge can be dangerous, and if pursued relentlessly can cause the p...

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The settings also are very different - a ship lost at sea, at one moment hurled by the wild waves and at the next set motionless upon "a painted ocean", as opposed to the bare cell where the only motion comes from the prisoners themselves and the only sound (apart from their attempts to speak to each other) is the clanking of their chains. ... He has made his first step through love towards absolution: he may have lost one family but in establishing his new relationship with Nature he has found a new one. ... He prefers to make friendship with the spiders and mice with which he shares ...

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Just as Eve in Milton's Paradise Lost is mesmerized by her own image as she sees it reflected in the water of one of Eden's rivers, to her own image Belinda "bends, to that her eyes she rears." ...

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However, the creature's most important contacts with knowledge occurred during his stay in the hovel next the cottage of the Delacey's; it was only after listening to the lessons that Felix gave Safie and after reading Milton's "Paradise Lost " that the creature finally understood his place in society. ...

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Question By contemporary standards is Dryden's Mac Flecknoe Satire or Libel? Justify your response with critical arguments. Answer Dryden in the preface to Absalom and Achitophel says, those who wrongly "imagine I have done my Worst, may be Convinc'd at their own Cost, that I can write Severely, wi...

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