Main directions of the English Literature in the Early Middle ages

32.Expression of political events in the epic poem “Paradise lost”.“PARADISE LOST” is an epic, divided into twelve books, or chapters. The characters are God, three guardian angels - Raphael, Gabriel and Michael, Sa-tan and his rebel angels, and the first man and woman - Adam and Eve. Satan, who revolts against God, draws his side many rebel-angels and is driven out of Heaven. They fall down into the fires of Hell. But Satan is not to be overcome. He hates God who rules the universe, autocratically. Though banished from Heaven, Satan is glad to have gained freedom. He pities the rebel-angels who have lost life in Heaven for his sake, and decides to go on with the war against God.Adam and Eve are allowed by God to live, in Paradise, in the Garden of Eden, as long as do not eat the apple that grows on the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. Satan, who has been driven from the Garden of Eden by the guardian angels, returns at night in the form of a serpent. Next morning, the serpent persuades Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and to take another one for AdamSo Adam decides to eat the fruit for love of Eve. As a punishment, God banishes Adam and Eve to the newly created world, where they have to face a life of toil and woe. The angel Michael shows Adam a vision of the tyranny and lawlessness which are to befall mankind.Milton’s sympathies lie with Adam and Eve, and this shows his faith in man. His Adam and Eve are full of energy. They love each other and are ready to meet all hardships together. Thus, in his “Paradise Lost” John Milton had created the images of Adam and Eve, the first men and woman, who were faithful to their love.