paradise lost

Paradise Lost is an expression of John Milton’s own political, religious and philosophical views as it is a timeless universal epic. John Milton’s Paradise Lost does not present a unified, cohesive theory of Christian theology. Rather it reflects the eclectic views of a self-righteous poet whose poem has become a universal epic. Out of the twelve books that make up Paradise Lost, my passage is found in the first book known as The …

…fallen angels could not even have lifted themselves off the lake unless God allowed it. God only allowed it because he intends to turn their evil actions towards a greater good in the end. Satan’s pride has caused him to believe that his own free intellect is as great as God’s will; “the mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” ( Lines 254-255 )