The subject, the drama, and the importance of Paradise Lost is grand. ... According to Pound, because of his heroic willingness to fight against God and to never give up, Satan is the true hero in Paradise Lost. ... The real hero of Paradise Lost is the Lord Jesus Christ. ... Even though Heaven was lost, Satan states that "All is not lost." ... In Paradise Lost, the contrasts of Satan and the Son are profound. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Paradise Lost by John Milton is an epic that talks about a married couple named Adam and Eve that lives in a garden. ... The epic begins with the fall of Satan to hell when defeated by God and Satan and his fallen angels began to plot a plan to get to Paradise Island and overthrow God. Satan wants to find a way to make Eve commit sin by taking one bite of an apple. Once Satan reaches Paradise Island, he transforms to different living things such as a bird, a serpent, and some other things. ... Satan promised Eve that if she eats the fruit, she"d turn into a goddess. ...

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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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In the story Frankenstein and Milton's epic Paradise Lost there are beings of enormous power. ... In Paradise Lost Milton's god is the same God we all believe to be the one creator. ... Milton's Satan had the idea of fun. ... What though the field be lost? ... But sin he did and fell to Satan. ...

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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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In Milton's Paradise Lost, it is Eve whom is first tempted by Satan. ... In Paradise Lost, Satan tempts Eve with happiness before he even shows her the tree. ... It is then that Satan, in disguise tempts Eve with God-like knowledge, and results in the beginning of the fall of humanity. ...

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The novel Lost Paradise, by John Milton, exposes the cruelty of Christianity or the Christian God within the characters God, Satan, Adam, and Eve. ... Victor rejects the monster, similar to God's disgust with Satan's pride. ... The monster relates to Satan, Adam, and Eve. ... Moreover, the monster is much more like Satan, then he is like Adam. ... Satan moreover does the alike, when he "takes" God's angels. ...

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In the epic poem, Paradise Lost, John Milton depicts Eve as a woman who is solely made for beauty and man. ... Therefore, his perception of women in Paradise Lost is biased due to his experiences. ... In the Bible and Paradise Lost, Eve is unattractive from the start. ... In Paradise Lost, the character Eve is very different than Eve in the Bible. ... In Paradise Lost, the author's depiction of women is clear. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Despair In John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, we are given a beautiful interpretation of the story of Genesis. ... In Paradise Lost, Satan is a complex character which undergoes much change and turmoil throughout his journey to destroy mankind. ... All good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good- (IV, 108-110). ... The climatic point in Paradise Lost or even Genesis is the moment in which both Adam and Eve bite into the forbidden fruit. ... While Adam and Eve have lost their utopian paradise they will journey out into a new world with hopes to save mankind from their sins. ...

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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...

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Elliot intended to confuse critics for centuries with the "Wasteland" then I hope he incorporated the same style as Milton used in "Paradise Lost". ... These exterior influences and pressures, combined with Milton's amazing ability and the mirror his writings seem to hold up to society, are the key to understanding Milton's confusing ambiguity in making Satan the epic hero in "Paradise Lost". The critical readings and commentaries on "Paradise Lost" seem to be overwhelmed by the epic poem itself. ... Unlike other epic poems, "Paradise Lost" usurps every aspect of authoritative di...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School