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Paradise Lost
210 pages, 2017
In Paradise Lost, John Milton explores the concept of free will. He shows us that our choices, good or bad, shape our destiny. It's a reminder that we have the power to make decisions that can change our lives.
Milton doesn't paint a black and white picture of good and evil. Instead, he shows us that these concepts can be complex and intertwined. It's a call to look beyond the surface and understand the deeper motivations behind actions.
Paradise Lost emphasizes the importance of repentance. Even when we make mistakes, it's never too late to seek forgiveness and make amends. This book encourages us to take responsibility for our actions and strive for personal growth.
Milton's epic tale shows the destructive power of pride and the redeeming power of humility. It's a lesson in the importance of keeping our ego in check and embracing humility in our lives.
Despite the hardships and challenges, the characters in Paradise Lost never give up. They persevere, showing us the beauty of resilience. It's an inspiration to keep going, no matter how tough things get.
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The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true Poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it.
William Blake - Romantic poet, painterMilton's poetry could be either 'simple, sensuous and passionate' or complex, philosophical and dispassionate. He chose the latter, and chose rightly.
T.S. Eliot - Modernist poet, criticParadise Lost is, to my perception, the greatest poem in the English language, and as varied, as original, as sublime as the Iliad or the Odyssey.
Harold Bloom - Literary critic, scholarEvery poem can be considered in two ways — as what the poet has to say, and as a thing which he makes. From the one point of view it is an expression of opinions and emotions; from the other, it is an organization of words which exists to produce a particular patterned experience in the readers. Now, looked at in the first way, the greatest poetry is always the most 'simple' — that is, it is about things that are important in themselves. Looked at in the second way, the greatest poetry is the most complex.
C.S. Lewis - Novelist, theologianParadise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is.
Samuel Johnson - Writer, lexicographer