ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -This phrase is taken from first book of John Milton ’s long epic poem, Paradise Lost. In the opening stanza of this work, Milton writes, “I may assert eternal providence, / And justify the ways of God to men.” (Line, 26). Here, Milton explains the cause of man’s fall.

Detailed explanation-2: -In his epic poem, Paradise Lost, Milton’s goal was to “justify the ways of God to men” (PL I.25-26). For his. seventeenth-century Protestant audience, this meant reconciling both the paradox of human free will and divine. foreknowledge and the paradox of human suffering and God’s goodness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paradise Lost is an attempt to make sense of a fallen world: to “justify the ways of God to men”, and no doubt to Milton himself.

Detailed explanation-4: -Milton’s Justification of God In the epic poem Paradise Lost, the author John Milton tells his story of Man’s fall from paradise and God’s punishment on mankind. Milton, in his opening statement, says that he will “justify the ways of God to men” (Milton 1.26).

Detailed explanation-5: -God, in Paradise Lost, is less a developed character than a personification of abstract ideas. He is unknowable to humankind and to some extent lacks emotion and depth. He has no weaknesses, embodies pure reason, and is always just.