Milton: Modern Essays in Criticism

accept action actual Adam Adam and Eve Adam's angels appears becomes beginning body Book called cause Christ Christian classical Comus course critics dark death divine doctrine earth effect English epic evil experience expression eyes fact faith Fall figure final follow force gives God's grace hand Heaven Hell hope human idea important interpretation John kind knowledge less light lines live look meaning Michael Milton mind moral nature notes once Paradise Lost passage pastoral pattern perhaps physical Platonic poem poet poetic poetry possible present providence question reader reason reference relation Samson Satan says scene seems sense shadow shows soliloquy soul spirit structure Studies suggests symbolic temptation theme things thou thought tion tradition true turn University virtue vision whole