Tag Archives: Paradise Lost

Milton’s Satan and the Jan 6 Insurrection

By Robin Bates | Published: January 5, 2022

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

By Robin Bates | Published: December 2, 2021

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

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“What Is Truth?” He Asked of Truth Itself

By Robin Bates | Published: November 20, 2021

Cowper’s exploration of Truth takes Pilate’s question as its jumping off point.

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Hail 48 Years of Wedded Love

By Robin Bates | Published: June 9, 2021

As Julia and I celebrate our 48th wedding anniversary, I am put in mind of Milton’s celebration of “wedded love.”

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O Virgin Mother, Daughter of the Sun

By Robin Bates | Published: May 8, 2021

To celebrate Mother’s Day, here’s the moment in “Paradiso” when Dante meets Mary.

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Milton on Cancel Culture

By Robin Bates | Published: March 8, 2021

Yale professor Bromwich applies Milton to the cancel culture debate.

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America Plagued by Ingratitude

By Robin Bates | Published: March 4, 2021

Friday Red states have a long history of complaining about “blue state bailouts” while sucking up far more blue state money that blue states get from red, (Urban areas, the nation’s major income generators, generally vote Democratic.) Red state Congress members are also famous for denying disaster relief to blue states (think Ted Cruz on […]

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Elizabeth Warren, Like Eve, Persists

By Robin Bates | Published: March 3, 2021

It was four years ago when McConnell said about Sen. Warren, “Still she persisted.” Milton’s Eve also persisted but the comparisons end there.

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Erotic Love, a Window into God

By Robin Bates | Published: February 13, 2021

Some Christian see a clash between sex and love. Dante and Milton found ways to reconcile them.

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