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Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost
Epic poem by John Milton, concerning the biblical story of the Fall of Man The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men."[6] Composition[edit] Gustave Doré, The Heavenly Hosts, c. 1866, illustration to Paradise Lost. In his introduction to the Penguin edition of Paradise Lost, the Milton scholar John Leonard notes, "John Milton was nearly sixty when he published Paradise Lost in 1667. Leonard also notes that Milton "did not at first plan to write a biblical epic." Having gone totally blind in 1652, Milton wrote Paradise Lost entirely through dictation with the help of amanuenses and friends. Structure[edit] The poem is divided into "books" (ten originally, twelve in Milton's revised edition of 1674). Milton used a number of acrostics in the poem. Synopsis[edit] Characters[edit] Satan[edit] Adam[edit] Eve[edit]

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