"Beowulf" is an Old English epic poem that tells the story of a hero fighting supernatural creatures, while "Paradise Lost" is an English epic poem that explores the fall of man and the rebellion of Lucifer. "Beowulf" is based on Norse and Germanic mythology, while "Paradise Lost" draws heavily from Christian theology and biblical stories. The tone of "Beowulf" is heroic and celebrates bravery, while "Paradise Lost" has a more philosophical and contemplative tone.
There is a significant difference between the character of Satan in Dante's Divine Comedy and the character of Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost. Satan is portrayed as inhuman and animalistic being in the Divine Comedy and an intellectual character who could be sympathized with in Paradise Lost.
Both
Epic poems
Both authors opposed the Catholic Church
The Faerie Quenne
Classical/Spenserian stanza
Longest Poem written in English
Written for Queen Elizabeth (represented by the Faerie Quenne)
Anti Catholic purpose - Protestant protagonists metaphorically "battle" the Catholic church.
Red Cross is the hero (in book I) who does good
Written into 3 books and 12 cantos
Wanted to complete 12 books, but didn't.
Women are perceived as strong individuals, and also as deceitful, lustful creatures.
THEMES:
Importance of virtues
-Holiness, Temperance, Chasity, Friendship, Justice, and Courtesy.
Paradise Lost
Romantic/Blank Verse
Intertwines Greek mythology and the biblical references
Satan is the tragic hero who does evil
Written into 12 books
Little development with God
THEMES:
Obedience to God
The Fall of Man was Fortunate
Hierarchy in Nature
It seems to me that John Milton meant for Paradise Lost to be more of a pro-Protestantism and anti-Catholic work, and that he thought re-writing parts of The Bible, the all-important, central work of literature in both Catholicism and Protestantism, was therefore the best way to go about spreading his opinions. Milton spent much of his life in conflict with the Catholic Church, as many Protestants did, writing numerous pamphlets and essays throughout his life criticizing aspects of the Catholic Church (Milton believed that idolatry was rampant in the Catholic Church and that its priests were corrupt, among other things). Milton also implies in Book I ofParadise Lost that he doesn't think Catholicism explains the actions of God very clearly or well in saying that his purpose in writing the epic is to "justify the ways of God to men", so I believe that Milton wrote Paradise Lost in order to flesh out the story of the Fall of Man told in the Bible and make it more relatable.
beowulf - folk epic, and Paradise Lost - art epic
A Lost Paradise was created in 1997.
The ISBN of A Lost Paradise is 4770023243.
A Lost Paradise has 372 pages.
"Paradise Lost" by John Milton was first published in 1667.
You can find them, but you should really take the trouble to learn the original, which is unequalled in the power of its expression, even by Shakespeare. Incidentally, except for a few unusual spellings, Paradise Lost IS in modern English. "Middle English" is like Chaucer and "Old English" is like Beowulf.
Lost Paradise - album - was created in 1989.
Paradise Lost - band - was created in 1988.
A Preface to Paradise Lost was created in 1942.
John Milton is the author of the epic poem Paradise Lost.
Satan in book 1 and 2 after this... his character begins to fade and ADAM is the true hero of paradise lost.
The duration of Lost in Paradise - film - is 1.72 hours.