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Milton intended Paradise Lost as a critique of monarchy. Thoughts?
| Fluffy Meetinghouse | 10/22/25 |
| passionate bawdyhouse pozpig | 10/22/25 |
| Fluffy Meetinghouse | 10/22/25 |
| haunting coffee pot school | 10/22/25 |
| Stubborn maize shitlib heaven | 10/22/25 |
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Date: October 22nd, 2025 9:20 AM Author: Fluffy Meetinghouse Not going in for the tired old "God in Paradise Lost is a real piece of work" argument. But Milton was a staunch republican during the Civil War. And Paradise Lost CLEARLY isn't just "God is 18000000." But Satan, even if he may initially have a point about blind obedience, is also a retard who gets brutally pwned repeatedly. Seems like the message is: when more powerful entities spend their time dick measuring and manipulating humans, the end result is we get fucked over even when we are just trying our best" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788616&forum_id=2Vannesa#49365859) |
Date: October 22nd, 2025 10:41 AM Author: passionate bawdyhouse pozpig like Milton, MAGA/GOP justifies the ways of God Emperor Trump to man--Paradise Lost indeed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788616&forum_id=2Vannesa#49365968) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2025 4:26 PM Author: Fluffy Meetinghouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788616&forum_id=2Vannesa#49366796) |
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Date: October 22nd, 2025 8:33 PM Author: haunting coffee pot school Satan's hell has elements of both Republic and Monarchy and while Milton was a Republican he wasn't coming at the subject from a strictly political angle Generally outside of the historical crit angle I read it as an anti-Catholic polemic as well as a rebuttal to the strict dualism expected of the Roman foundations of the church (even in Anglican England) of the time Islam's poetic tradition has a similar older tale that tries to humanize Satan as a creature (a sort of angelic djinn, embodied in smokeless fire) effectively betrayed by Allah as a demiurge experimenting with the various substances of the world and the aftermath has Satan as an anti-human but still pious and independent force |
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Date: October 22nd, 2025 8:36 PM Author: Stubborn maize shitlib heaven monarchy good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5788616&forum_id=2Vannesa#49367317) |