FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To assert his superiority to other poets
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To argue against the doctrine of predestination
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To justify the ways of God to men
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To make his story hard to understand
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Milton fulfills his stated purpose of justifying the ways of God to men by explaining, through his epic poem, how God is able to turn everything bad to a good purpose.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the opening of Paradise Lost, Milton invokes his Muse, the Holy Spirit, to grant him “Eternal Providence” that he may achieve his goal for the epic: to “justify the ways of God to men” (PL I. 25-26). Milton believed in a God that was infinite, eternal, omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient (Fallon 33).
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: -The Ways of God to Men is an exciting and unique novel that explores notions of spirituality and God, bridging the gap between literature, philosophy and film. Pick up this book today and discover a whole world that was thought to have been lost.