Paradise Regained (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Milton
- First Published: 1671
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: First century
- Setting: The Holy Land
- Principal Characters: Jesus of Nazareth, Satan
- Genres: Poetry, Epic, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Sin or Original sin, Religion, God, Christianity, Good and evil, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Jesus Christ, Devils or demons, Middle East, Resurrection, Theology, Heaven, Satan or Satanism, First century, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
- Locales: Holy Land
The Story:
Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. This rite was attended by Satan, the Adversary, cloaked in invisibility. Thunderstruck by the pronouncement from Heaven that Jesus was the beloved Son of God, Satan hastily assembled a council of his peers. They chose “their great Dictator” to attempt the overthrow of this new and terrible enemy. God, watching Satan set out on his evil mission, foretold the failure of the mission to the angel Gabriel. The angels sang a triumphant hymn.
Led by the Spirit, Jesus entered the desert and pursued holy meditations. In...
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