paradise lost ao5

what did blake say about milton writing about satan

“and of the devil’s party without knowing it”

what did shelley say about satan

“milton’s devil as a moral being is far more superior to his god”

what did john dryden do

rewrote paradise lost, made satan align with cromwell - ‘state of innocence’

what does c.s lewis think caused eve’s fall

“pride”

what does c.s lewis think caused adam’s fall

“uxuriousness”

what does c.s lewis say is what eve does to adam

“murder”

how does c.s lewis refute romantic views of satan

“to admire satan is to give ones vote not only for a world of misery, but for a lies and propaganda”

what does karen edwards say about learning

“learning happens in paradise lost when characters make mistakes’

what does edward’s say saves adam and eve

“it is their love and forgiveness… that saves adam and eve”

what does anna beer suggest about satan’s power

“satan sets himself up as a monarch”

“false monarchy”

what does anna beer think about eve

“eve is the one who makes peace in eden”

what does epson say about the plan

“however wicked satan’s plan may be, it is god’s plan too”

what does mcevoy think

“a fallen free-thinking world is better than one where mankind is stupidly good”

what does middleditch say about the fall

“the fall of mankind is presented by milton as a necessary event”

what do gilbert and gubar say about eve’s rebellion

“significantly eve is the only character in paradise lost for whom a rebellion against the heirarchial status quo is as necessary as it is for satan”