Paradise Lost

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John Milton s Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind s destiny The struggle rages across three worlds heaven, hell, and earth as Satan and his band of rebel angels plot their revenge against God At the center of the conflict are Adam and Eve, who are motivated by all too human temptations but whose ultimate downfall is unyielding love.Marked by Milton s characteristic erudition, Paradise Lost is a work epic both in scale and, notoriously, in ambition For nearly 350 years, it has held generation upon generation of audiences in rapt attention, and its profound influence can be seen in almost every corner of Western culture P 2009 Tantor Download Paradise Lost by John Milton – kino-fada.fr in middle school i had seen this book lying around the house and for some reason it struck me as very impressive i didn t ever want to read it but i wanted to give off the impression that i was the type of person who would read it i did this with a few other books too catcher in the rye, on the road, ect i carried it to school so that teachers would see it in my possession and prominently displayed it on my bedside table to let friends and family know after actually reading the book for a in middle school i had seen this book lying around the house and for some reason it struck me as very impressive i didn t ever want to read it but i wanted to give off the impression that i was the type of person who would read it i did this with a few other books too catcher in the rye, on the road, ect i carried it to school so that teachers would see it in my possession and prominently displayed it on my bedside table to let friends and family know after actually reading the book for a brit lit class i realized how wrong my thirteen year old self was with the image i assumed i was portraying most likely people realized that i was desperate for attention and for some strange reason was using john milton to get it, but on the off chance they did believe i was into paradise lost, i must have seemed like a total psycho the book is ab...There s all this debate over why Satan is so appealing in Paradise Lost Did Milton screw up Is he being cynical, or a double secret atheist And why is God such a dick But no one asks whether, say, Shakespeare screwed up in making Iago so much fun they just give him credit for writing an awesome villain And that s all Milton s doing Satan is tempting for us because Satan is tempting for us. That s the point of Satan If Milton didn t make him as appealing as possible, he d be doing Satan a There s all this debate over why Satan is so appealing in Paradise Lost Did Milton screw up Is he being cynical, or a double secret atheist And why is God such a dick But no one asks whether, say, Shakespeare screwed up in making Iago so much fun they just give him credit for writing an awesome villain And that s all Milton s doing Satan is tempting for us because Satan is tempting for us. That s the point of Satan If Milton didn t make him as appealing as possible, he d be doing Satan a disservice And Eve, for that matter.Similarly, God s a dick because God s a dick You ve read the Old Testament He s not exactly all flowers and hugs there either Again, Milton s just being true to his characters, and writing a great story while he s at it There s slightlyto it than that, ...Portions of this book were assigned for my Brit Lit class I read about half of the assigned portions I was distracted at the time by various events in life and wasn t yet a very good student My professor had done his PhD work on Milton and taught with a contagious passion So much passion that I decided, after the discussion was over, to buy the whole book During our five day Fall break in my sopho year I sat on the front lawn of my college and read Paradise Lost Nonstop, getting up for Portions of this book were assigned for my Brit Lit class I read about half of the assigned portions I was distracted at the time by various events in life and wasn t yet a very good student My professor had done his PhD work on Milton and taught with a contagious passion So much passion that I decided, after the discussion was over, to buy the whole book During our five day Fall break in my sopho year I sat on the front lawn of m...When I think of Milton s epic poem about Satan and his fall from grace, I most frequently think of two anecdotes apart from the actual work, brilliant and a foundation of modern literature as it is.First, I recall the scene from Animal House, when Donald Sutherland begins a smarmy, condescendingly pretentious question to his class about Milton s intentions for introducing Satan as such an interesting character, punctuating the delivery with a crisp bite of his apple As the bell rings and the cl When I think of Milton s epic poem about Satan and his fall from grace, I most frequently think of two anecdotes apart from the actual work, brilliant and a foundation of modern literature as it is.First, I recall the scene from Animal House, when Donald Sutherland begins a smarmy, condescendingly pretentious question to his class about Milton s intentions for introducing Satan as such an interesting character, punctuating the delivery with a crisp bite of his apple As the bell rings and the class dutifully escapes from his lecture, he deflates and mutters about how boring it all is.Secondly, I recall a misadventure I had in college At the tim...Fuck your misogyny Fuck your scorning Greek gods as false gods, then using its mythology left and right as metaphors Fuck your punishing the serpent when You knew it was possessed by Satan Fuck Ah, forget it.Milton wrote this while blind, and claimed it was the result of divine inspiration which visited him nightly There are few texts that could reasonably be added into the Bible, and this is certainly one of them the Divine Comedy is another Paradise Lost outlines portions of the Bible which, thanks to its haphazard combination of mythic stories, are never fully explored In fact, most of Paradise Lost has become tacitly accepted into the Christian mythos, even if most Christians do not recogni Milton wrote t...What does the word Paradise signifies to a human being Is it the state of blissfulness which one acknowledges in life owing to the absence of all fears as can be experienced in this dwelling place of ours Or is it an actual place somewhere in heaven which is the ultimate goal that humans wish to achieve As a child, I had a profound belief in the idea of God and heaven too Yes, and perhaps the reason I wished to believe in him wa...Is Satan coming Are we in the End of Days Is the Earth heating, under the Sun s Rays Is it all make believe, manipulation, or true Why on this wonderful Earth, is everybody blue Are we in the Rapture Impending Doom Lightening strikes, sink holes and thunderous sonic boomsEbola and earth quakes, hurricanes and tornadoes tooNow I can see why we are feeling blueForest fires, tsunami...I need a new reading challenge, something big and something bold thus, I ve decided to tackle this behemoth of poetry.This one might take me a while.Book Review3.5 out of 5 stars for Paradise Lost, the first of a two book series, written in 1667 by John Milton I ve only read the first book in this series, but would like to read the second piece at some point These are epic poems telling of the battle between Satan and God for control over the human soul It s truly an introspective piece, as I believe Milton threw so much of himself, as well as people in general, into this work It s captured the attention of so many people, and not juBook Review3.5 out of 5 stars for Paradise Lost, the first of a two book series, written in 1667 by John Milton I ve only read the first book in this series, but would like to read the second piece at some point These are epic poems telling of the battle between Satan and God for control over the human soul It s truly an introspecti...

Paradise Lost
  • English
  • 20 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 453 pages
  • 0140424393
  • John Milton
  • Paradise Lost