When the Puritan power ended, he was first arrested and then released. He chose the Puritans only because he believed that in a Republic, more than in a monarchy, there were the ideal conditions for independent religion.
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He wrote for the liberty of the press while the Puritans forbade free discussion. He supported Cromwell but he had very little of the strict Puritan. During the Civil War between Royalists and Republicans he became involved in the religious debate of the time and he took an active part on the side of the Puritans. In 1638 he made a tour on the Continent travelling above all in France and Italy where he met Galileo Galilei. He was very much interested in the Latin, Greek and Italian culture. From a literary point of view, he was not a man of the age. His poetry was influenced by the historical events of his time. It is a character which uses immoral and fraud method in order to achieve power and success without realizing other people Satan, employing hypocrisy and false logic is able to throw dust into the eyes of followers and supporters and lead them to remain against the path of God.John Milton is the most important poet and the most representative of the Puritan Age. Satan very powerfully reflects the spirit of Machiavellian ideas. They should try to conquer that new world where mankind has been placed. But the task of discovering the new world would be most difficult and dangerous one. The new being enjoys God’s favor even more that his angles do.
In the Hell Beelzebub Satan’s mouth speaker, tells his comrades that God has created a new World and a new being called ‘Man’. Satan’s sense of youthful enthusians and enlarged outlook expresses the true spirit of Renaissance. His pride and ambition, despite heavy odds, mark him as a politician, which has a fienest resemblance with that of Renaissance period. We are told that he has learnt nothing from his past failure and he is still determined to continue hi war against God. Satan’s pride and sky-touching ambition are another trait of Renaissance. Breaking the dreadful silence of the Hell, Beelzebub of the the lieutenants of Lucifer, expresses in his first speech the hope to under take a glorious enterprise against God. Soon after falling from the heaven, which was the most awful situation of Satan, he becomes most eloquent. Satan’s sense of freedom speaking express the true spirit of Renaissance. When he address his followers, he stands like a tower. This shield is compared to moon as seen through a telescope. Satan carries a ponderous massy and large shield on his shoulder. Using these Homeric similes Milton emphasizes the vastness or gigantic size of Satan’s bulk. Then he is compared with Briareos, Typhoon, Leviathan. He is first compared to the Titans and giants who fought against Gods. Satan is compared to many creatures of monstrous size described in classical mythological stories. In Medieval and Renaissance literature, the devil was usually in a monstrous size. The characteristic of Satanic mind and its passion for over-lordship is evident in the following lines:Ĭan make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. He takes some consolation from the thought that Hell is the better place because he does not see the hateful sight of God. He comforts himself with thought that he is the lord of Hell. So Satan bid farewell to heaven and welcomes Hell with all its honors. He thinks that God’s wrath and power can not defeat the glory of his personal identity. After losing the heaven, Satan with his followers decided never to submit or surrender to almighty as they have not lost everything. Next we find the adventurous spirit of the age of Renaissance in Satan’s unconquerable will to do evil, vindictive motive and immortal hate against Divine power. He says in the following way in this epic poem:Īnd what is else not to be overcome? Satan’s Adventurous spirit of the age of Renaissance Even in the moment of defeat and humiliation, Satan thinks of new war and revenge. He challenged the sovereignty of God and stated an unholy war in heaven to seize the thorn of God, which can be seen in character of satan in paradise lost book 1. He expected to raise himself to the same position of divine glory as God’s. Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure who has revolt against the unique dictorship of God. Revolt against the autocracy of the church or spiritual jurisdiction (power) was one of the significant causes behind the Renaissance.
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