Milton set out to "justify the ways of God to men" and accidentally made Satan the most compelling character in English literature. This epic poem retells humanity's fall from Eden with baroque grandeur and theological complexity, but its real power lies in how Milton makes rebellion, pride, and defiance feel heroic even as he condemns them. Reading Paradise Lost is like watching someone build a cathedral out of doubt. This English epic poem reimagines the Biblical fall of man with Satan, Adam, and Eve as complex psychological portraits.
 
 
 
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