Tag Archives: Paradise Lost

Satan: Freedom Fighter Turned Dictator

By Robin Bates | Published: June 4, 2015

“Paradise Lost” can function as a lesson in how freedom fighters become dictators. It also shows what we must do to resist this tendency.

By Robin Bates | Published: May 28, 2015

One of my science students found a way to examine her frustrations at her limited knowledge by looking at Satan and Eve in “Paradise Lost.”

By Robin Bates | Published: April 20, 2015

I grapple today about why it is essential to read lit. And what happens to us when we don’t.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 14, 2015

How to handle instances of prejudice in the classics? Let the values battles fly.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 8, 2014

Fans’ obsession with autographs are like the Baron’s obsession with Belinda’s locks in “Rape of the Lock.”

By Robin Bates | Published: July 23, 2014

Reading literature through the eyes of others brings special pleasures and insights.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 26, 2014

Scott Bates’ animal fable about an epic mole parodies “Paradise Lost” and provides a skeptical look at poetry and religion.

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By Robin Bates | Published: May 20, 2014

Suggestions that certain classics come with “trigger warnings” leads of the following reflection.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 11, 2014

Paul Ryan’s hypocrisy about the poor deserves a Miltonian rebuke.