John Milton Research Paper

The way religion plays a role in society is quite important; it is what divides man from beast. Religion is absolutely vital to modern society as it determines the norms by which a society should operate. Here in America, even though there are many religions within the nation, Christian ideologies are what have kept peace. We all understand that to take a life or to steal is a sin and should be punished. There are societies where their religion allows them to take the life of someone for no other reason other than personal request. The religions in these other countries allow for that and therefore, it is their "norm".

“You are a Christian or you are not a Christian; one is either with God or against God” (Matthew 12:30). One of the

John Milton was born in 1609 in London, England during a period in which the church was the primary influence on society. Milton despised the idea of the church having such power in government and spoke out against it strongly. Milton is considered one of the highest educated poets of all time. After receiving his bachelor of arts he went on to get his master of arts. Being fluent in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Italian quite a few of his poems were either written in these languages or were intertwined with quotes from them. This mix of language is why his poems were thought to be wise, because he was knowledgeable of so many different cultures. Milton was able to pull of his education together and write some of the world’s best

He then finds one of his close friends, and they make their way out of the hot burning land and go to a nearby plain, this is where they have their gathering of all of the fallen angles. They have a meeting and decide to trip up Adam and Eve (God's children who dearly loved) in order to spite God. Satan then says he will be the one for the task of making Adam and Eve sin against God, so he leaves his new burning hot paradise to complete this task. The scene then moves onto Heaven (Book 3), where God entails about how he can see what the cowardly Satan is planning. He has an understanding of everything all the time. He has a conversation with his yet to be seen son, says he knows that Satan will convince his creation (Adam and Eve) to fall into sin and take of the fruit of the Forbidden Tree. God then called on everyone in heaven to ask who will go down and take the burden of mankind’s sin, his son spoke up and said he will be the one, all of heaven rejoiced at the news of