ENGL 316 Lecture : Milton 15
5 Dec 2012
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Why does milton believe in the trinity? (the son as inferior to the father?) We see god the father in relationship to his son. This dialogue will make us think of what"s transpired in hell. God"s speech is much more straightforward than satan"s. He reveals a lot of plot, but it"s okay since we know it anyways. If the fall is all god"s doing, then adam and eve are puppets. while milton blames adam and eve, he gives them a kind of dignity. Milton avoids the problem of automatons (line ~95) by having god bring up the fall: he knows that it"s going to happen, but he says that it wasn"t his idea. God says that it"s totally up to adam and eve, even though he knows what they"re going to do. While he won"t forgive the fallen angels, he will forgive the humans. Christ"s function is kind of to mediate god to us.
