... but rather from the incestuous relationship between a father and a daughter. In Book IX, Milton describes Satan's temptation of Eve, the sins that follow and then the aftermath of the sin. These repercussions in both cases have to do with childbirth which only applies to women. In both transgressions in Paradise Lost by Sin and Eve the women are both condemned to pain while ... punishment is more explicit because G-d curses her in Genesis and states that "Children shall thou bring forth in sorrow." Both female characters in Paradise Lost result in some type of death. Eve brings about mor...

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... are beings of enormous power. We often times give them the name gods. In Paradise Lost Milton's god is the same God we all believe to be the one creator. The God who created Satan and booted him out of heaven. Through many a dark and dreary vale they passed, and many a region dolorous, o"er many ... sorry for ever creating such a creature. Satan continues to fight against God. He seems to start off strong in his attempts to corrupt God's creations. God always remains strong while Satan seems to wind down like a clock. What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will...

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... for destruction and God is just a bystander. Although, when Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit they lose their utopian paradise it is not the absolute fall of mankind because in the end hope overcomes despair and mankind is saved after all. In Paradise Lost, Satan is a complex character which undergoes much change and turmoil throughout his journey to destroy mankind. He was once considered the ... as they eat the fruit and humankind is thought to be lost forever. The climatic point in Paradise Lost or even Genesis is the moment in which both Adam and Eve bite into the forbidden fruit...

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... the parallel between good and evil being first and foremost as well, as symmetry to keep the poem in balance. Paradise Lost is a poem essentially about the origin of sin and evil, as a result, Milton presents evil in a more coercive manner than good. Satan and his followers in Paradise Lost are presented as being more evil that God and his disciples are good. God addresses the Son to ... be in the likeness of him. Although this implies that the Son is a model of perfection as is God, it does ... as it mocks any sentiment of goodness while at the same time exhibiting the evil within. In...

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... threat to his bride Elizabeth. Victor is weak in love; he has difficulty expressing his feelings and controlling his impulses, and he is self-centered. Many contrasts can be made between Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Milton's Paradise Lost. Victor's character is paralleled directly with Satan's; both succumb to selfishness when they fall. Much like Satan, Victor is forced to carry his anguish with ... him constantly; "Frankenstein bore a hell within himself which nothing could extinguish" (57). The creature is a portrayal of Eve's role in Paradise Lost. The creature is persuaded by the...

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... clouded my mind that day. My failures and short comings caught up with me on that day of my revelation. I found myself deep in central Stockton. I became lost and confused, trying to find the answer in a bottle. My parents called me then, telling me that I still had something to live for. I was filled with an awesome power ... out of my car with a supernatural, unearthly power forcing me to turn back. It was like a trance, a trance that left me without a car, and a ride to paradise. This is how I ended up meeting Virgil. He had witnessed the unjust act and explained to me how he could hel...

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