Monday, November 8, 2010
Descriptions of Eden
Next Satan finds the Garden of Eden and is described as jumping over the wall as a thief might. He lands on the tallest tree, the Tree of Life, where he ironically starts to plan how to kill all the humans. Right next to the Tree of Life grew the Tree of Knowledge which is called our death because when mankind learned about good they also learned of evil, a grave cost. Milton seems to support the old saying "Ignorance is bliss" because he is saying that any knowledge is bad since it results in the knowledge of evil.
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Can knowledge be like wine, "a good familiar creature, if well used," according to Iago?
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ReplyDeleteI think it is interesting how Milton describes Satan as a lion and tiger preparing to pounce on the innocent little fawns named Adam and Eve. The tiger has experience in capturing both large and small animals in a group. When one tiger hunts, it goes for smaller prey that cannot defend itself. Like so, Satan goes after humans who no little about good and evil.