Tag Archives: John Milton

Gods Speaks through the Imagination

By Robin Bates | Published: October 8, 2022

Jesus’s parables are exercises in imagining the kingdom of heaven come to earth.

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Think of Work Sweat as “Odorous Oil”

By Robin Bates | Published: September 4, 2022

Barrett Browning celebrates work in this sonnet, even as she alludes back to God’s curse on Adam in “Paradise Lost” and Genesis.

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Trump Beats Adam in Blame Shifting

By Robin Bates | Published: August 23, 2022

Trump’s multiple excuses for the stolen government documents resembles Adam’s excuses in “Paradise Lost”–only Trump has Adam beat.

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Methought I Saw My Dead Son

By Robin Bates | Published: August 4, 2022

After unexpectedly dreaming about a son who died 22 years ago, I thought of Milton’s poem about a similar dream, this one involving his wife.

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The False God of Christian Nationalists

By Robin Bates | Published: July 2, 2022

Christian nationalists, as Milton would note, worship power, not the god of love.

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Liz Cheney as a Miltonic Good Angel

By Robin Bates | Published: June 12, 2022

Liz Cheney on the committee investigating January 6 and Donald Trump is like Milton’s Abdiel standing up to Satan.

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Iago Resentment Is Destroying America

By Robin Bates | Published: April 10, 2022

The “ressentiment” that drives Iago to destroy Othello is present in our own society and equally destructive.

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Milton Explains QAnon Fantasizing

By Robin Bates | Published: March 21, 2022

Milton’s Satan whispering into Eve’s ear as she sleeps is a lot like QAnon and Fox News whispering into the ears of gullible followers.

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Putin, Like Satan, Assaults Humankind

By Robin Bates | Published: March 6, 2022

Putin invading Ukraine is very much like Satan’s attack on Adam and Eve in Milton’s “Paradise Lost.”

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