Paradise Lost: God vs. Satan in Milton's Epic Poem
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 02. 2022
- Paradise Lost, an epic poem by John Milton is arguably the greatest poem written in English. What is Paradise Lost about? Paradise Lost tells the story of the Garden of Eden, God's creation of humanity, Eve's temptation by Satan and Adam's subsequent temptation by Eve. It also tells the story of the War in Heaven, when Satan rebelled against God and fell to Hell. Paradise Lost is an extraordinary epic poem, its major themes include freedom, knowledge, justice, providence, republicanism and monarchy. This podcast provides a summary of some of Paradise Lost's major themes as well as some strategies for reading Milton's epic poem.
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...and one more observation about the epic poem. In line with the Tribe of Ben, most of their works have a teaching component in terms of awaking readers, society, standing up out of the crowd to think on their own, to have a critical thinking. Monarchy was seen as something divine, a power above all of us which has the absolute right and protect us (analogy between God and Monarchy) so, what happens with our freedom to choose our path? If God/Monarchy is the good one, why temptation is easily reachable for humanity or there is a fatal punishment when humanity choose something that differs from the monarchy or God rules? Is that freedom? What's the nature of human being for if we are not able to work on our choices freely? Not the topic I would choose for a before-bed reading, but undeniable it is a blowing-mind masterpiece of all ages. Thanks for sharing such important literature, professor.
After Shakespeare, without any intention of underrating other English authors who I am very fan of, Kate Chopin, Jonson, Dickens, Hemingway, Friars, Donne..., Milton is as far a writer who deserves special analysis and attention. Excellent videos!
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G old doesnât just want love, he wants infinite love, which quite a lot to ask and a lot to deliver.
Yet another observation.. one could also say that Milton seems to heroicize Satan because he identifies himself (his puritan revolution) with that of Satan's revolution against god.
In this context, the fall of man could also be viewed as the fall of puritan regime i.e. like adam and even who were deprived of paradise, England has also lost it's paradise ( the utopian puritan rule). We get this when we view the poem from Milton's political preferences
@@madhurabashini9496 I agree but Milton glorifying Satan would go against his Puritan beliefs in the first place - so we can't just say Satan = parliamentarians/Cromwellians just because they're uprising against unjust authority (the monarchy) because Milton doesn't see God's rule as unjust, he just observes that all of God's power is rested upon decrees. As CS Lewis said, there's no contradiction in Milton's position because he believed God is his 'natural superior', but the king was not
"Let the earth... and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself." Genesis 1:11 O what evil to be a god right unto yourself and yes "Out of the ground the lord God" Genesis 2:9 did planted.
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I love words, literary devices meter and rhythm. The poem is great. BUT Hebrew and Christian mythology and the Bible leave me cold. I can empathize with Satan as far as rebelling against a psychopathic jealous monarch. Mans ignorance is the source of real Evil in the world.
I think I have to disagree with you a bit. For me I always viewed paradise lost as the ultimate condemnation of total monarchy, as it depicts God as just as much a slave as Satan, that both characters are slaves to the same force of will. God is a slave to his will, just as Satan is a slave to God will, as Satan says to Gabriel in the garden that he could only be there and free from hell as an expression of God's will, that even in his rebelion that too was only in the service of God's will for him and the world. God is the villain, as God has all the power and has set forth all pain, suffering, death, and sin on the world as part of his own will, and that God is a slave to his need for free worship. As you said commanded worship means nothing to God, so God must deceive and currupt his creation to enact that free worship but must create a scapegoat for the blame. Just as a king who has all authority cannot demand true worship oof his rule. So God must trick his creation into worshipping him even though he is a flawed and imperfect being.
Thank you! I'm having to write an essay on this and after looking into other peoples perspectives, I've been surprised that no one has pointed this idea out. I think the love depicted between Adam and Eve is hopeful for humankind but nearly every divine being in the story is pretty selfish besides Jesus, which could've been very selfish we just don't get a glimpse at his motivations the way we do Satan's. We're pretty much just told God is good and powerful with no justification and Satan is bad, selfish, and terrible.
interesting take. I honestly think that was the point Milton wanted to make. The way Satans monologues made people empathize with him wasnât Milton giving humanity to the Devil, it was him demonstrating to us(humanity) how alluring and seductive Satans words were. The same words youâve written on how God was the villain are the same justifications Satan gave the fallen angels to get them to fester in hatred and eventually descent into hell. Milton use of ambiguity and subjectivity in interpretation is divine.