It’s kind of like an epilogue that shows how Christ defeats Satan. I feel very accomplished and a little more educated than I was before. Honestly some parts of it really dragged, but I’m glad I read it. It’s an interesting mythological twist on a bible story we all know. Overall, I don’t think this is a very religious text (meaning that it teaches Christian doctrine).
It is more civil than any political debate I have ever heard. Did mermaids start out as demons!? That kind of blows my mind.Īnd then when, towards the end of Book I, all the demons have a council. One demon that really caught my eye was named Dagon and he was a mermaid. Milton lists a lot of demons by name in Book I. That is kind of similar to Athena’s birth story. For example, Sin pops out of Satan’s head and they become lovers. I’m starting to see why this book is so controversial. I thought the whole book was just deep random thoughts about the fall of Adam and Eve.Īnother thing I found interesting was how Milton incorporated a lot of Greek mythology in the story. 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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