![]() ![]() The serpent is just a hapless victim of the Devil's scheming, more innocent than even Adam and Eve. In Milton's mind, the serpent was just a mindless animal whose body Satan possessed to carry out his plans. ![]() Adaptational Heroism: Genesis portrays the Serpent as being chiefly responsible for his action, and in the last book of the standard Christian canon it is implied that the Serpent was Satan all along.It inspired French, Renaissance painter Alexandre Cabanel to create The Fallen Angel. It can be read online for free, courtesy of Dartmouth College. ![]() In epic theory (and yes, such a thing exists), Paradise Lost is the final epic, as it has elements of everything from The Odyssey up through The Divine Comedy and The Faerie Queene.įamously illustrated by Gustave Doré two centuries later, providing our page image. Notably focusing largely on the infernal Serpent, Paradise Lost is a retelling of the third chapter of Genesis in the form of an epic poem with the addition of flashbacks to the war between Satan and the angels, clear references to the Son of God, and visions provided by the Archangel Michael that show Adam what happens in later parts of The Bible. First published in ten books in 1667, the twelve-book version modern readers will be familiar with came out in 1674. Paradise Lost is John Milton's sprawling epic poem which explores the Fall of Man and reconciles God's omniscience with Free Will. ![]()
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