Paradise Lost

One thing that I thought was interesting that we talked about in class was the fact that Milton portrays the devil as the main character that we look at. Milton gives him all the good quotes and the one person we seem to spend the most time talking about is the devil. I really like the lines that the devil has when he tries to say that the other devils can make hell their heaven. I would have never thought about it that way. I also like he fact that Milton was able to connect real life England into Paradise Lost. The Garden of Eden could represent what Milton hopes for England, a paradise that is untouched by everything. Though at the time the Milton was writing the play, England, just like Eden was corrupted by the devil and devilish things.