A Critical Analysis of Biblical and Miltonic Images Through John Milton’s Paradise Lost

Authors

  • Kamalakar Baburao Gaikwad Head & Assistant Professor in English Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandir’s Arts, Science & Commerce College, Surgana, Dist-Nashik.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56062/gtrs.2023.2.06.380

Keywords:

Paradise Lost, John Milton, Biblical and Miltonic Images, God, Jesus Christ, Satan, Adam, Eve.

Abstract

In literature, imagery plays the crucial role because it delineates truthful projections with symbolic language. It is the function of imagery to visualize the figurative implications in the literature. It also intensifies the intellectual capacity of the readers and tells them which things are occurring around them and how they feel about it. Imagery helps to create several scenes that appeal to the reader's mind. Imagery facilitates to arouse reader imagination and add figurative exquisiteness and creativity to what is being read. In addition, imagery helps contribute to literature's disposition and tenor. The main purpose of this research paper is to investigate and explore the biblical interpretation and validity of truth through the great epic Paradise Lost (1667) written by John Milton. The researcher has attempted to explore the truth and its validity through Biblical and Miltonic images of the central characters such as the images of God, Jesus Christ, Satan, Adam and Eve. Milton has projected his views on the basis of Catholicism which denies trinity, i.e. Father, Son and Holy Ghost whereas Christianity is the foundation of trinity. The major emphasis of the present research is to fill the gap between the convictions of Catholic and puritan poet Milton and truthful events narrated by the spiritual writers in the Bible.

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Published

2023-09-25

How to Cite

Kamalakar Baburao Gaikwad , translator. “A Critical Analysis of Biblical and Miltonic Images Through John Milton’s Paradise Lost ”. Creative Saplings, vol. 2, no. 09, Sept. 2023, pp. 23-35, https://doi.org/10.56062/gtrs.2023.2.06.380.

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