Because of this, God casts Satan and his horrid crew out of heaven. Satan maintains that God's son holds an equal rank to him and convinces other angels to not surrender their freedom. Satan struggles for personal freedom from god. The settings of the play include heaven, chaos, hell and earth Satan moves through all three of these areas throughout the work. At the beginning of Paradise Lost, Satan and his fiends rebel once God declares that they must bow a knee to his son. The theme of rebellion and expulsion seems relevant throughout the work. Within this a hierarchy resonates throughout the epic poem. God plays the role of an omnipotent being in this way.
It seems with creation the creator must be capable of accessing forbidden knowledge. Eve is created from Adam for Adam as a partner. Adam is created in the image of God, as is the Earth and Eden. The creation of Eden along with Adam and Eve appears as another example in the text. In a way, Satan overcame a great obstacle in building his palace, he was able to make the best of his poor situation. After Satan is thrown out of heaven he builds Pandemonium with the help of his followers. God then sends Michael to share the future of biblical history in the world with Adam.Ĭreation plays a vital role as an integral theme in Paradise Lost. Adam and Eve reflect on their situation and decide that it is best to serve God. After Satan's deception, he returns to hell. Satan convinces Eve to disobey God's one command for the promise of forbidden knowledge. Raphael also tells Adam and Eve the story of Satan's rebellion. Later Satan sneaks back into Eden and takes the form of a serpent.
God then decides to send Raphael to warn Adam and Eve of Satan and his deceptive nature. When God sees Satan approaching Eden, he understands that Satan will succeed in his goal. God's son chooses to suffer the sin of death for mankind to combat Satan's evil sabotage. Satan later reflects on his unfair treatment from God in heaven while admiring Eden. While in disguise, Satan appears as a cherub and he is caught whispering in Eve's ear while she is sleeping and consequentially becomes banished from Eden by God. Satan determines after considering many options, that it is their duty to destroy good with evil, to corrupt god's holy creations. Satan departs Pandemonium in search of Paradise. After considering God's incredible might, the possibility of destroying God in battle appears as an unreasonable approach.
Satan and his unholy council devise a plan to get back at God. (the capital of hell as coined by Milton). In the beginning of the epic poem, Satan desires fairness and values equality when God declares that all must bow to his only son. Satan and his followers endure expulsion from heaven on the basis of rebellion when they protest God's command. After getting thrown out of heaven, Satan consorts with the other fallen angels and they band together to construct Pandemonium. Paradise Lost is a story of the creation and fall of mankind. Milton's influence on Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus is evident through the text through various allusions to themes such as the creation and fall of man, as well as forbidden knowledge. Milton was married to four different wives at different points in his life and fathered four children. Milton died in November of 1674 and was buried in the church of St. Milton completed this work along with Paradise Regained while he was blind and impoverished. Paradise Lost is a blank verse poem consisting of 12 books. Milton is also considerably the most significant English writer since Shakespeare. During the Restoration period in England, Milton wrote A Treatise of Civil Power which attacked the idea of a state dominated by the church. For his epic poem, Paradise Lost, he is most well known. Milton would later become admitted to Christ's College of Cambridge University where he would obtain a bachelor's and a master's degree. Milton worked as a pamphleteer and publicist during his life. Paul's School where he became proficient in many languages and began to write poetry. John Milton was born in early 17th century London to a middle class family.
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