The paradise lost

Paradise lost

The paradise lost is written in 12 books. The idea of this is come from the story of creation. Book 9 is a climax of the story of paradise lost.

1. Write a critique on the character of Eve. 

       

    Eve is the first woman created by God. Milton has presented character of Eve in a some different way than Bible. Eve is physically more attractive than Adam. Hence, Satan overcome by her beauty but she is not as strong physically or intellectually as Adam and she seduced by Satan and eats the fruit of the tree of knowledge. 

First she made some argue with Satan 

         " But if this tree we may not taste not touch, God so commanded, and left that commanded sole daughter of his voice: the rest, we live law to ourselves: our reason is our law "

First she wants to become more knowledgeble than Adam so she decides that not to tell about this fruit to Adam but, after she become afraid that if God will angry about her this act and curse her for her disobedience than Adam will remain and she will curse. So after she decides to tell when Adam makes some argument about this forbidden fruit at that time she says:

   

      " This tree is not, as we are told, a tree if danger tasted, not to evil unknown opening the way, but if devine effect to open eyes, and make them God who taste; and hath been tasted such".

She deserves all praise for her beauty and she is beloved of Adam. Milton has portrayed weakness of women through the character of Eve. Milton has portrayed Eve weaker than Adam. She easily tempted by Satan. She is superior than Adam only in her beauty. Eve is certainly not a feminist heroine. Milton shows role of women in society during his time. 

2. Whose argument did you find more convincing? 

I find that in first time Eve was not accept what serpent says here I can also see that is someone was praising a lot that means that someone is something wrong " let us not then suspect our happy state left so imperfectly by the maker wise as not secure to single or combined frail is our happiness if this be so"

In this argument direct said to God if I was in place of Eve I would like to reply that " if God is this much why he is God and why he created all this why he created us why he gave us life and happiness "

3. How do you look at divine perspective in Genesis of the holy Bible and human perspective in John Milton's paradise lost book 9? 

In holy book Bible we find God centric world. God was at the center and all human beings as like puppet. We can see that everything is done by God. Bible represents God's lively character. We find that due God's creation of forbidden tree " fall of man happens "

But in Genesis, that God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him male and female. We find in Milton's paradise lost human as the center character of world. He has not presented God as a central character. Milton is human being and as a poet wrong human perspective. In Bible we find divine perspective is prominent while in paradise lost " human perspective " is principle divine perspective.