... 's "Paradise Lost" is an attempt to justify the ways of God concerning Creation and the fall of man. Part of Milton's effort at justification is providing the characters of Adam, Eve, and Satan with a measure of humanity and depth not found in the Bible. As a result, the characters and their motivations are much more complex, thus making it much easier for the complex human audience to relate to them. Adam in particular is a remarkably deep character, blending ... lot in life by saying, "The link of nature draws me: flesh of flesh, / Bone of my bone thou art" (9.914-915)". Adam chooses t...

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... saw aspects of himself in both the characters of Adam and Satan. He was like Adam in that he was the first of his type of creation and was unlike any living creature. The monster, however, felt a stronger connection to the character of Satan in that he was spurned by his creator, Victor, just as Satan was cast out of heaven by God. The creature related his feelings about his identification with the characters from Paradise Lost in the following passage ... ; "Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in ... ...

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... wagon saying how she still has one child out of three alive when, in truth, they are all dead. In this instance, the sorrow brought on by truth of her son's death clearly supports the Bible's statement. Furthermore, Voltaire's Candide also exemplifies the happiness in the state of naivety. Candide, the main character, is only a great optimist and a nice person by virtue of a lack of experience in the real world and how cruel it can be ... , the Book of Genesis in which Adam and Eve are cast out of paradise after partaking of the Tree of Knowledge. Paralleling Adam and Eve's cast out of G...

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