Thinking Activity on Paradise Lost by John Milton

Thinking Activity on Paradise Lost by John Milton 

                        Paradise Lost is an epic poem. It is in blank verse. Paradise Lost is written by John Milton. Paradise Lost is written in 12 books. We studied book number 9. Book no 9 is climax of Paradise Lost.  In this book tone is changed. In this book tone is tragic.

(1) Write a critique on the chacharac of Eve. 

                 Eve is the second creation by God, who takes one of Adam's ribs and shapes it into a female from of Adam. Not the traditional model of a good wife, Milton's Eve is often unwilling to be submissive towards Adam. She is smart and curious about external ideas than her husband. She loves Adam. She is tempted by satan to sin against God by eating of the tree of knowledge.  Soon Adam follows Eve in support of her act. Eve is beautiful. In this book Eve gives logical arguments. She gives her point of view very well. Sometimes she becomes selfish. When Satan gives information about the tree of knowledge and their benefits she becomes selfish and she wants become knowledge without Adam. And she eats fruit. Then she realizes her mistake and she thought about God's punishment. And she is frightened. And she tells Adam about her mistake and then she also convince Adam to eat that fruit and Adam truly loves Eve and he also eat that fruit of knowledge. Without any fear of God's punishment he eats fruit. He eat fruit for Eve. He does not care about punishment. For Adam Eve is more important than punishment. He is ready to sacrifices his life for Eve. So Eve is selfish but Adam is altruistic. Eve is so beautiful that Satan also forgets his revenge for sometimes.

(2) Whose arguments did you find more convincing? 

              In paradise Lost Eve's arguments are more convincing than other. She is intelligent. She gives answers to Satan very samrtly. And also gives logical arguments and logical reasons to Satan. Satan wants to takes his revenge against God. That's why Satan chooses Eve to takes his revenge against God. So Eve becomes a tool of Satan to successful in his plan. Satan is deeply arrogant and powerful. Eve does not know about a knowledge of tree. But Satan gives information about knowledge of tree to her. She is excited to know about a tree of knowledge. Her excitement and Satan incites her to eat that fruit of knowledge.
       Eve said to Satan that,
           "But of this tree we may not taste nor touch; God so commanded, and left that command sole daughter of his voice: The rest we live Law to ourselves; our Reason is our law."?
         In this arguments she tells God made some law. And Adam and Eve both follows the law of God. And they can not touch that tree of knowledge or they can not eat that fruit of knowledge.
        " Queen of this universe! Do not believe Those rigid threats of death. Ye shall not die. How should ye? By the fruit? It gives you life to knowledge. By the Threatener? look on me, Me who have touched and tasted , yet both live, And life more perfect have attained than fate meant me, by venturing higher than my lot"?
        In this dialogues Satan provokes Eve to eat fruit of knowledge. He tells her benefits of fruit. In her mind he produces greed of fruit of knowledge. He praises her beauty. And he using a word "Queen of universe" to praise her. This is his plan to convince Eve to eat fruit. That's why he uses different logic.

            And then Eve eats the fruit of knowledge. Then she thought about the punishment of God. She is frightened. And then he also tells Adam about that incident. And Adam is also frightened. But Eve also convince Adam to eat the fruit of knowledge. Adam truly loves Eve. And he does not thought about punishment and he eats the fruit of knowledge. He eats the fruit of knowledge or Eve. Both thought that if they get the punishment they will get the same thing.
           During Eve and Satan's arguments Eve's arguments more logical than Satan. She also tells about law of God. And she gives logical reasons. And she is not easily believes in Satan's words. But asks many questions and she constantly argues with Satan. And she got her answers. And then she satisfy with Satan's arguments and Satan's logic. Then she eats fruit.

(3) How do you look Divine perspective in Genesis of The Holy Bible and Human perspective in John Milton's Paradise Lost Book IX?

                There is a difference between Holy Bible and John Milton's paradise Lost. In Holy Bible God is centre. And In John Milton's Paradise Lost Book IX Human beings are the centre. In Holy Bible human beings becomes puppet. Bible gives more importance to God. In Bible God is lively character.

                  In John Milton's Paradise Lost he gives logical arguments to Satan, Eve and Adam. He gives voice to all characters. In this book he gives importance to human beings. And John Milton wrote Paradise Lost from Human perspective. And In Holy Bible Divine perspective is more powerful than Human perspective.