I hate Milton. I really do. I won't hide it. The idea behind Paradise Lost is gnarly and all, but the more I read the more I think how easily it is for me to almost believe this. This is just his interpretation, his justification of how things may have gone down. But I can't put this next to scripture and be ok with it.
That being said, I enjoyed the comment made on the gold and precious stones being found in Hell. God is good. Everything He makes is good. Anything tainted has been made so by itself or by another member of creation. That creation, however, is still God's vessel. In some form of servitude.
I strongly dislike how it is incredibly believable! There were a few times where I had to keep reminding myself that this was just Milton's point of view, and not what actually happened.
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned in my blog, one of the reasons Milton does not add up to our knowledge of Scripture is because he was working with The Model which was a mix of pagan and Christian thought. So Paradise Lost is not based off pure Christian thought, but has a mixture of pagan beliefs. Like many of the medieval authors.
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