Paradise Lost

A single syllable declared by a nurse at birth hinders the entire future of individuals from the very first moment they enter this world. Be it a boy, the parents, beaming with pride, may begin to pick out shades of blue for the nursery, and fill its walls with toys trucks and army men. They dream of raising a strong and righteous man with aspirations of duty and intellect. Be it a girl, they fondle her as glimpses of the subsequent pink bedspreads, dainty dolls and adorable outfits flash in…

domain that discouraged realists representation of the physical world in art. The Renaissance period experienced the rebirth of the realistic description of nature and the human figure by artists inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art and culture. Paradise Lost is a epic poem of the XVII century, written by John Milton, published in 1667. Milton built a solid…

This quote, from one of Walton's letters to his sister on his voyage north, explains more of the story of Frankenstein, than one expects. Frankenstein explores the creation life and existence through an unorthodox way. The creation of everything we know is unclear to us, and is questioned by those who believe in religion and those who believe in science on and everyday basis. One of the five major competencies that the Intellectual Heritage Program says students should be able to do by the…

In the Paradise Lost, Books I and II, Satan is shown to be the epic hero. Satan is the head of the bad and rebellious Angels. These group of Angels have recently fallen from heaven. In the poem Satan’s antagonist role shows that he is the originator of. The first person that ever was and will always be ungrateful is Satan. He is ungrateful for the Lord's blessings entirely. In the poem, Satan starts a journey to Earth. This journey eventually leads to the fall of Adam and Eve. This case does not…

writing and Mary Shelly is no stranger to this common practice of intertextuality. Throughout her own science-fiction novel, she pulls upon many famous works which permeate throughout Frankenstein. From Plutarch’s Lives of the Romans and Milton’s Paradise Lost to Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Shelly utilizes these famous works to foreshadow plots and mold the characters…

The monster read a book called paradise lost, this book is about the creation story and Adam, which causes the monster to question his own creation and place in the world.the monster actually reads Paradise Lost where he compared himself to Adam because, like Adam, he is uncertain about why he was created as well. The monster wants to know why Victor created him. Adam was created to build a new creation the humans which made the monster wonder more why will victor create him and what was his…

Milton’s Paradise Lost presents Eve as a very human-like character. Sure, she ate the apple that brought sin into the world, but as humans we make mistakes every single day. This parallel between godly Eve and us regular humans indicates that we all are imperfect beings who make mistakes often and the outcomes of our mistakes are larger than we can imagine sometimes. Even with this imperfect nature found in Eve and the wrongful misogyny found in the garden of Eden, many readers see Eve as the…

This literary work Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has an abundance of allusions that correlate to the Bible. Mary wanted to showcase the principles of what it means to be a human with the novel Frankenstein. In order to understand Mary’s view on religion you have to know her background first. Shelley was an atheist who wanted to eliminate God in order to display self-realization in her novel Frankenstein. This is important on how this novel is supposed to come across to the reader because the…

The important role that healthy interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships play is depicted in the model of the Trinity. According to Darrell Johnson’s Experiencing the Trinity, “we are created and redeemed to enter into the love each person of the Trinity has for the other” (64). This statement encompasses both intrapersonal and interpersonal interactions. The Trinity is one; thus the love that each person in the Trinity has towards another person in the Trinity is the love that the Trinity…

This portrayal of Satan as someone who has many layers and complexities is further shown through his entrance into the poem. He is seen crying for his fallen angels. This can be taken as another humanlike quality assigned to Satan. It seems to be a genuine emotion from the fallen angel. The Anti-Satanist argument against this passage is that angels were not supposed to cry (Danielson 167). This seems like a rather weak argument, it begs the question why should crying be seen in a negative light?…