ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike the gods and goddesses of classical epics, whose desires and disagreements often mirror those of humans, Milton’s God is invisible and omnipresent, a being who cannot be considered an individual so much as an existence.

Detailed explanation-2: -God the Father is the creator of Heaven, Hell, the world, of everyone and everything there is, through the agency of His Son. Milton presents God as all-powerful and all-knowing, as an infinitely great being who cannot be overthrown by even the great army of angels Satan incites against him.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most obvious difference is era. Paradise Lost is an epic poem from the 17th century and is written in blank verse which is the most modern phrasing method. According to an article on Enotes, out of the other three epics, the Iliad and Aeneid came from the same dactyllic family. (“Compare Milton’s Paradise Lost”).

Detailed explanation-4: -In the end, Paradise Lost is a classical epic as it is a long narrative poem, has a grand style, heroic figures, and may discuss grand themes and lofty settings.

Detailed explanation-5: -Milton’s God is Trinitarian – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, three Persons in one God – and so his conversation expresses relationship within and between himself. God the Father takes upon him the facet of justice, God the Son that of mercy.