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Paradise lost book6/7/2023 ![]() The first time I tried reading this book I gave up after about 20 pages because I didn’t realize that the plot was simple and that there’s an actual story going on. Is it wrong that I found him a little funny? It was interesting that the story is mostly told through Satan’s point of view and Milton makes him a sympathetic character. It was hard to get used to the language, but once I did I really liked how Milton was able to use two meanings for a lot of words – the literal meaning and a figurative meaning. Some of Paradise Lost reminded me a lot of Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, especially the lines about flames that produced darkness and the idea of Satan doing the opposite of God but God turns it to good anyway. At the center of the conflict are Adam and Eve, motivated by all too human temptations. The struggle rages across three worlds - heaven, hell, and earth - as Satan and his band of rebel angels plot their revenge against God. 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. ![]() ![]() Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. ![]()
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