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    PARADISE LOST Paradise Lost is divided into twelve books. In Book I Milton explains the theme of his work‚ man’s disobedience to God‚ his expulsion from Heaven and the story of the rebel angels sent to Hell. In Book II the angels meet in council to decide what they will do. In Book III God makes a speech on man’s freedom to choose between good and evil. In Book IV Satan observes the happiness of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In Book V God sends Raphael to warn Adam. In Book VI the war in

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    Paradise Lost In the epic poem‚ Paradise Lost by John Milton‚ he uses the theme of jealousy. Milton uses many examples of this theme throughout the poem. He uses Satan’s jealousy of God’s power‚ Heaven‚ and Adam and Eve as examples of the theme of jealousy. Satan’s jealousy of God is one way that Milton conveys this theme of jealousy in the epic poem. Milton describes how Satan is jealous of God’s position and wants to be equal to him. In book five‚ Raphael explains to Adam the jealousy

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    	Looking at John Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ we can see that there are the two ideas of damnation and salvation through reconciliation present in the characters of Satan and Adam & Eve‚ respectively. It is Satan’s sin of pride that first causes him to fall from God’s grace and into the bowels of hell. This same pride is also what keeps him from being able to be reconciled to God‚ and instead‚ leads him to buy into his own idea of saving himself. With Adam & Eve‚ we see that although they

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    could Phillips 2 no longer write. To the surprise of high officials he wrote the epic Paradise Lost: A poem in ten books. It sold millions of copies‚ and is still considered the greatest piece of English literature ever written. On the 8th of November 1674 Milton died at the age of 66‚ due to gout-fever. He was buried the next Thursday beside his father. As stated in the first book of Paradise Lost‚ Milton ’s intentions for writing his religious epic are to "assert Eternal Providence/And

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    Paradise Lost‚ written by John Milton‚ describes the fall of man within the Garden of Eden in a highly descriptive form compared to a contemporary Biblical form. The book begins with Satan’s revolt against Gods rule in heaven and his cast into hell. The book ends with the fall of man due to negligence to obey Gods commands‚ which leads to Adam and Eve’s departure from Eden and inevitably causes the rest of mankind to live in sin after her decision. In Book IV of Paradise Lost‚ Eve states “My author

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    John Milton’s Satan in Paradise Lost Paradise Lost is an epic poem by 17th century English writer‚ John Milton. At the time of its publication it caused a lot of controversy due to its in-depth depiction of Satan around the time of The Fall of Adam and Eve. In this poem we question about parallels between Milton’s version of Satan and Milton himself. In attempt to understand these parallels we can observe the text to better understand how Milton portrayed Satan’s character. Satan’s heroic persona

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    Satan: Epic Hero or Villain? John Milton wrote one of the greatest epic poems of all time when he wrote Paradise Lost in 1667. The book tells about man’s creation and fall while detailing characters and the plot beyond what the Bible taught. One of these characters is Satan‚ which is one of the most argumented‚ controversial‚ and popular characters in the history of literature. The reason for controversary is the unclarity of whether or not Satan is a hero or a villain. He contains many

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    One of Milton’s strengths used in his epic Paradise Lost is his vivid imagery. He uses imagery not only for visual impact but also for reinforcing themes and characterization. Many of the images used pertain to light and dark‚ which help to convey his main purpose of justifying the ways of God to man and illustrating Hell. Milton justifies the ways of God to man all throughout his story. Line twenty-two explains to man that God can make the darkness in one’s life go away by bringing "light" to

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    Paradise Lost Q. “Adam’s disobedience surpasses the virtue of most fallen men.” Do you agree‚ or do you find Adam a weak character? Adam and Eve‚ the first man and the first woman‚ the predecessors of man‚ are the only two human beings in the epic poem of Milton. Before their fall from the paradise‚ they are as remote from any known human beings as any being of this world from the other world. They live a life of idyllic happiness. In the Garden of Eden‚ they have little to do but to lop and

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    When examining the relationship between Adam and Eve‚ critics tend to accept an either Adam- or Eve-centered view in terms ofhierarchy and importance to God. David Mikics argues‚ by contrast‚ these positions "overstate the independence of the characters’ stances‚ and therefore miss the way in which Adam and Eve are entwined with each other".[14] Milton’s true vision reflects one where the husband and wife (in this instance‚ Adam and Eve) depend on each other and only through each other’s differences

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