John Milton's "Paradise Lost" can be described as an epic poem of Christian nature. The theme of Milton's poem is not that of a common epic poetry of war, but more or less deals with the fall of man from righteousness. Most people would more than likely compare this poem to a more common epic poem, like Odyssey, to prove its validity of being an epic poem because it doesn't follow the usual demands. The reason it may be difficult to prove the validity of "Paradise lost" is because unlike other epic poetry it speaks about two divine characters having phenomenal influence, it ends unhappily, and it is not about war but, man's loss.
"Paradise Lost" starts from the middle of the story. It begins with a journey to hell where we see one of the superhuman characters, Satan, along with his followers who are recovering from defeat from war against God, another of the divine characters. Satan and his followers are enraged and decide that they must figure out a way to defeat God. Satan goes......
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