John Miltons Paradise Lost Essay -- Epic Biblical Poems Blind Faith E

John Miltons Paradise missed lightdom (free will) is the absence of imposed behavior.Individual freedom is obviously attractive, but when there is existentfreedom of choice, the wrong choice is the unitary that is made - such asthe choice made by monster who although he can be admired for his havingdared to rebel against the norm, is not heroic for having chosen toplot against matinee idol. Free will was given to composition in order to be suitable tochoose the faith since in the absence of free will, there is no way totest faith. The more tested we are, the closer we are to God althoughwhether we truly exercise free will is questionable since perhaps itis just enforced via the threat of penalization upon transgression. In any event, despite the sanctions, man continues to disobey.Paradise Lost begins in medias res, i.e. in the middle of the actionand from eviscerate 1, the association is made to the consequences ofsinning (disobedience). Such is the responsibility of free will. The want to sin is the associated pleasure of fulfilling individualdesires. Disobedience leads directly to punishment. It is important to smell however that there is no fulfilment with transgression since thefeelings associated with this fulfilment dethaw before they caneven be apprehended while the punishment lasts. Milton surely knew allabout since as a puritan, he was a great believer of penance. It was withal believed by Protestants at the time that without lossduring life, there was no ascent to Heaven upon death.Satans flaw in one word was pride. For any true protestant, this is aterrible sin since any achievement is directly attributable to God andnot to the man in question. Milton identifies pride as the cardinalsin b... ...ms throughoutParadise Lost that this simple equation might work since God is goodand Charles II can be compared to God then logically it can bededucted that he is also good. Conversely, in the poem, we arrive atthe conclusion that Satan is bad and this time, since milton comparescromwell to Satan then it would seem logical to deduce that cromwellis also bad. However, this equation does not hold up to closeinspection and in this way, it is evident that in fact, this is a testsince we should properly analyse the facts and not simply acceptthings at face value because they seem right. He encourages us to makeour own investiations and make informed, knowledgable decisions.Consequently, it cannot be simply express that all monarchs are goodsince such sweeping statements are imitation and it is primordial toproperly examine each separate individual.