Milton\'s Religious, Heroic Epic
John Milton\'s Paradise Lost rejects the traditional epic romanticism for a more heroic
theme, which is apparent throughout his entire work. He dabbles in religion, gender, sin, death,
and the fall of man. Paradise Lost also explores stories from the bible, using many of the same
characters. Milton gives his readers great insight into the war between good and evil, and the
hierarchy of the characters of Paradise Lost.
Stemming from the epic standpoint, it makes sense that Milton\'s characters are God, the
Son, good and evil angels, and Sin and Death. Paradise Lost provoked mixed reactions in the
three centuries since it was published. Most of the controversy surrounds two specific issues: it\'s
style and content. Mainly the issues surrounded it\'s religious context, and political overtones.
Those types of themes are difficult to separate in an epic(Bush 141).
Milton took a bold approach using blank......
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