Paradise LostParadise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton. The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men". Milton's story has two narrative arcs, one about Satan and the other following Adam and Eve. It begins after Satan and the other rebel angels have been defeated and banished to Hell, or, as it is also called in the poem, Tartarus. In Pandemonium, Satan employs his rhetorical skill to organize his followers; he is aided by Mammon and Beelzebub. Belial and Moloch are also present. At the end of the debate, Satan volunteers to poison the newly created Earth and God's new and most favored creation, Mankind. He braves the dangers of the Abyss alone in a manner reminiscent of Odysseus or Aeneas. After an arduous traversal of the Chaos outside Hell, he enters God's new material World, and later the Garden of Eden. At several points in the poem, an Angelic War over Heaven is recounted from different perspectives. Satan's rebellion follows the epic convention of large-scale warfare. The battles between the faithful angels and Satan's forces take place over three days. At the final battle, the Son of God single-handedly defeats the entire legion of angelic rebels and banishes them from Heaven. Following this purge, God creates the World, culminating in his creation of Adam and Eve. While God gave Adam and Eve total freedom and power to rule over all creation, He gave them one explicit command: not to eat from the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil on penalty of death. The story of Adam and Eve's temptation and fall is a fundamentally different, new kind of epic: a domestic one. Adam and Eve are presented for the first time[citation needed] in Christian literature as having a full relationship while still being without sin. They have passions and distinct personalities. Satan, disguised in the form of a serpent, successfully tempts Eve to eat from the Tree by preying on her vanity and tricking her with rhetoric. Adam, learning that Eve has sinned, knowingly commits the same sin. He declares to Eve that since she was made from his flesh, they are bound to one another ‒ if she dies, he must also die. In this manner, Milton portrays Adam as a heroic figure, but also as a greater sinner than Eve, as he is aware that what he is doing is wrong. After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve have lustful sex. At first, Adam is convinced that Eve was right in thinking that eating the fruit would be beneficial. However, they soon fall asleep and have terrible nightmares, and after they awake, they experience guilt and shame for the first time. Realizing that they have committed a terrible act against God, they engage in mutual recrimination. |
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... hath been fome At- tempts and Prefumptions of late by difaffected perfons to oppofe that conftitution of Go- vernment which hath ever made the people of this famous Kiugdome happy at home , and renowned abroad : These are therefore ...
... hath been fome At- tempts and Prefumptions of late by difaffected perfons to oppofe that conftitution of Go- vernment which hath ever made the people of this famous Kiugdome happy at home , and renowned abroad : These are therefore ...
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... hath breath'd , A look thine eye hath giv'n , That mark up- on the golden west the ro - sy clouds de cay ; When is not shrin'd within my heart like to a dream of heav'n ! There's 1532 Entered according to the Act of Congress , in the ...
... hath breath'd , A look thine eye hath giv'n , That mark up- on the golden west the ro - sy clouds de cay ; When is not shrin'd within my heart like to a dream of heav'n ! There's 1532 Entered according to the Act of Congress , in the ...
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Moreno Dal Bello. WHO. HATH. BELIEVED. OUR. REPORT? A LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS AND OBJECTIONS CONCERNING THE GREAT GOSPEL OF GOD, AND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT BELIEVING IT, WHICH ITS ENEMIES HAVE MADE. Not all the ... HATH BELIEVED OUR REPORT? .
Moreno Dal Bello. WHO. HATH. BELIEVED. OUR. REPORT? A LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS AND OBJECTIONS CONCERNING THE GREAT GOSPEL OF GOD, AND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT BELIEVING IT, WHICH ITS ENEMIES HAVE MADE. Not all the ... HATH BELIEVED OUR REPORT? .
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... hath woe ? Who hath bab- I. The INTERROGATORY part of the text contains questions and answers on the subject of intemperance . Who hath sorrow ? Who hath contentions ? bling ? Who hath wounds without cause ? Who hath redness of eyes ...
... hath woe ? Who hath bab- I. The INTERROGATORY part of the text contains questions and answers on the subject of intemperance . Who hath sorrow ? Who hath contentions ? bling ? Who hath wounds without cause ? Who hath redness of eyes ...
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... hath bene fo skilfully vented by the reasons of a learned Proteftant , that weftand in good hope of his better tem- per hereafter . Concerning whofe cenfure of me , you haue faid in my behalfe , that u proceedeth from an Aduerfarie ...
... hath bene fo skilfully vented by the reasons of a learned Proteftant , that weftand in good hope of his better tem- per hereafter . Concerning whofe cenfure of me , you haue faid in my behalfe , that u proceedeth from an Aduerfarie ...
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