Tag Archives: Paradise Lost

Think of Work Sweat as “Odorous Oil”

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

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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Liz Cheney as a Miltonic Good Angel

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

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Angels in Pullman’s Fantasy

In “His Dark Materials” Pullman turns Milton’s “Paradise Lost” on its head. The fallen angels are the good guys.

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Iago Resentment Is Destroying America

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

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

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

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Milton’s Satan and the Jan 6 Insurrection

Trump and his followers rebelling against the Constitution is like Milton’s angels rebelling against God.

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Sin, Death, and a Pro-Covid GOP

As the GOP becomes a pro-Covid party, they resemble Satan in “Paradise Lost,” unleashing death upon humankind.

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