I guess this pick for my favorite class project is a little more basic than I first thought, but Tess’s Paradise Lost project was my favorite. The creativity of the project is amazing and is no wonder why a lot of people picked it to be their favorite in our class. I remember she was… Read more Final Class Reflection (Part 2)
Tag: Paradise Lost
Final Reflection 1
My favorite project is by Joshua Gammel. I enjoyed reading what felt like a rebuttal of their own work. He said “The summary was problems with men and “manly” thinking basically. An issue with my paper, just like medieval literature as a whole, I completely ignored women.” I think it is very powerful to call… Read more Final Reflection 1
Final Project – Pandemonium Minecraft Build
For my final project, I’ve decided to create Pandemonium, the city of demons, from Milton’s Paradise Lost, in Minecraft. I’ve also written a piece about how I see Pandemonium as an inverse of Heaven, which you can find here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iVsI0-ga5nDHRgxj3TgSTKgsnswjHfL0DFpqqSEdADU/edit?usp=sharing Now, this build hasn’t been easy, and I’ve had to take a few creative liberties.… Read more Final Project – Pandemonium Minecraft Build
Tower of Babel Real? (Reflection for 11/17)
While reading book 12 of Milton’s Paradise Lost, I was captivated by the Tower of Babel story. I’ve heard of the tower, but never really knew the story behind it. I started to read the biblical context of the Tower of Babel to see how it compares to Milton’s version. Unsurprisingly, like the rest of… Read more Tower of Babel Real? (Reflection for 11/17)
Difference in Adam and Eve (Daily Question for 11/17)
It is interesting to see the difference on the way Milton writes how/why Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit. The way I read it seems that Eve was tricked by Satan into eating the fruit and she was clearly at fault for disobeying God. Adam on the other hand ate the fruit as a… Read more Difference in Adam and Eve (Daily Question for 11/17)
Paradise Lost 11/17–Daily Question
Book 12 starts to sound like to story of Yahweh and the Tower of Babel. “Marching from Eden towards the west, shall find The Plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out from under ground, the mouth of Hell. Of brick, and of that stuff, they cast to build A city and tower, whose top… Read more Paradise Lost 11/17–Daily Question
Paradise Lost Book 4 reflection(and questions?)
Lines 716-717: The text of the link here tells us that Adam and Eve can ascend provided they are obedient to god. This line seems to tell us that eating the apple, or ‘god-like food’ would make one ascend, only they would no longer be obedient to god, and thus no ascension of any sort… Read more Paradise Lost Book 4 reflection(and questions?)
Paradise Lost, Book 9 collab
Battle of the Poets (Paradise Lost Book 9)
Nothing in this world is funnier to me than the beef between old poets. In the beginning of Book 9, Milton throws some shade at fellow poets Virgil and Homer. Clearly, Milton sees himself to be writing something more important than Virgil’s The Aeneid or Homer’s The Iliad. Not to discredit the “death of the… Read more Battle of the Poets (Paradise Lost Book 9)
Good in Satan (Daily Question for 11/15)
Today’s daily question is a simple one to ask, is there good in Satan? More specifically, why would Milton write Satan’s character as still holding some sort of good in him? Satan was mesmerized by the Garden of Eden and even considered asking to be forgiven by God. Later, Satan sees Adam and Eve and… Read more Good in Satan (Daily Question for 11/15)