Paradise Lost Ⅸ

    miltonsparadiselostisoneofthegreatestepicpoemsintheenglishlanguage.ittellsthestoryofthefallofman,ataleofimmensedramaandexcitement,ofrebellionandtreachery,ofinnocencepittedagainstcorruption,inwhichgodandsatanfightabitterbattleforcontrolofmankindsdestiny.thestruggleragesacrossthreeworlds-heaven,hell,andearth-assatanandhisbandofrebelangelsplottheirrevengeagainstgod.atthecenteroftheconflictareadamandeve,motivatedbyalltoohumantemptations,butwhoseultimatedownfallisunyieldinglove.markedbymiltonscharacteristiceruditionisaworkepicbothinscaleand,notoriously,inambition.fornearly350yearsithasheldgenerationupongenerationofscholars,studentsandreadersinraptattentionanditsprofoundinfluencecanbeseeninalmosteverycornerofwesternculture.