John Milton's Paradise Lost has been perhaps one of the most heatedly debated works of Western literature. Critics of Paradise Lost have praised Milton for his accurate description of a divine omnipotent and just God. I intend to prove that God as depicted in Paradise Lost is not the same God that is depicted in the Bible. Milton makes a noble attempt, but he is guilty of being only human. He makes the attempt to …showed first 75 words of 1608 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1608 total…as the God portrayed in the Bible. The effectiveness of the explanation of course depends on how you interpret his readings. Works Cited Reid, David. The Humanism of Milton's Paradise Lost. Great Britain: Edinburgh University Press Limited, 1993. Moore, E. Leslie. Beautiful Sublime: The Making of Paradise Lost. California: Stanford University Press, 1990. Works Consulted Peter, John. A Critique of Paradise Lost. Demaray, G. John. Milton's Theatrical Epic: The Invention and Design of Paradise Lost. Massachusetts: Cambridge, 1980.