Garden

Throughout history, John Milton’s Paradise Lost has been viewed as a controversial poem for several reasons. Whether it is Milton’s portrayal of Satan, as a semi-hero, with mainly heroic characteristics, or Milton’s God in Paradise Lost, one can see that the writer challenged conventional roles of his time. Less apparent is Milton’s progressive viewpoint on women in the poem. Although Milton cannot be classified as a feminist writer, Eve’s portrayal is highly liberal for the seventeenth century.…

within the poem. In Book 6 of Paradise Lost, Raphael says that Satan's speech is "so scoffing in ambiguous words," as he retells the war in heaven (6. 568-569). Satan's "ambiguous words" are used as a persuasive technique to entice Eve within the garden, consequently leading to the fall. Furthermore, his persuasive rhetoric is also used to seduce readers of the epic. He does so by drawing himself as a sympathetic and heroic character in the narrative. When re-telling the story of the battle in…

1. If you look at Genesis 3:1 the serpent states “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?” It appears the serpent is questioning and contradicting God’s directions. In addition the serpent’s fallowing statement is perceived as God holding out on Adam and Eve. In Genesis 3:1 the serpent claims “God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, Knowing good and evil.” This gives Eve the impression that having her eyes open to good…

Paradise lost is a poem written by John Milton that explains the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and how they were tempted by one of God’s fallen angels Satan. Throughout the books Satan defies God and the debate starts whether Satan is a hero or anti-hero. I find in books one and two Satan appears more of a hero and that Blake was of not the Devils party. Book one of paradise lost explains that Milton was not of the devils’ party in regards to Satan was once an angel of light until…

Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced; Thoughts, which how found they harbour in thy breast Adam, misthought of her to thee so dear? (9. 286-89) In this passage, Eve expresses disappointment in Adam’s reasoning concerning her liability of being enticed by the devil. Eve is saddened that Adam, despite being close to her, believes that she would compromise her love and faith in Adam for the evil. Adam has little conviction in Eve and her…

John Milton’s Paradise Lost featured a misinterpretation of hierarchy in the monarchy. Milton condemned King Charles I for following the “Divine Right of Kings” doctrine, stating that monarchy is subject to no earthly authority directly of the authority of God; in other words, God chooses a king. However, Milton disagreed, arguing that the king is a servant to God in order to bond communities together. He connected this theory with fall of Satan, who criticized God’s hierarchy as unfair.…

generation need to hear?” I responded with “equality and equal opportunity for all people, despite any factor, whether it be race, gender, sexuality or religion.” On June 26, 2015, The Supreme Court declared the right to same-sex marriage. In Rose Garden, at 11:14 A.M, President Obama made his remark about the ruling. His speech uses rhetorical devices such as allusion, repetition and antithesis to gain emotional appeal for a step in the direction of equal opportunity.…

“fruits and flowers...gladlier [growing]” (8. 44-47) Adam and Eve love this aspect of creation as they enjoy so much vegetation they do not know how to put it all to good use. Ironically, this was one of the biggest problems Eve and Adam faced in the Garden of Eden. After the Fall, however, they must suffer through eating from the now barren land, as God curses the vegetation (10. 201). The activities they once found joyful, like eating and gardening, become a reminder of their sins against…

Genesis is established as being the beginning of everything and being all good but there is also the portrayal and interpretation of evil in the creation. In the genesis of evil, Dr. Altizer explains that the origin of evil is “unknown and as orthodox as the origin of god” (Altizer 80). The journal explains how Genesis contains several indirect interpretations of the portrayal of evil in genesis. One of the first interpretations of evil is seen when Adam and Eve sinned in Eden and turned away…

government is doing, while the other half do not believe in and protest strongly against the bad thing. The bad thing succeeds, and everyone, protester and supporter alike, enjoys immensely the results of the bad thing.” (Kincaid, Jamaica. “In the Garden - Alien Soul.” The New Yorker, 21 June 1993, pp. 47-51). I chose this passage because it could not be more true to today's political climate. We live in a world where Black Lives Matter is called a hate group, when the Westboro Baptist church…