Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Paradise Lost: Forever?

   The well written Paradise Lost, has done an amazing job with re-mytholigizing the story which was written in the Genesis of the story of Adam and Eve. And has created many changes by adding much about satan and well as satan's minions which were not told within the original story, Paradise lost also provides a more detailed explanation of how Eve was convinced by being told that nothing bad will happen, after all if God created this fruit which provides those who eat it with the ability to create their own opinion on what is right and wrong as well as allow them to form their own personal opinions? Where as this is not demonstrated in much detail within the reading provided in the Genesis. After Eve is in fact convinced to eat the forbidden fruit, Adam then realizes that because Eve ate the fruit she will in fact suffer consequences for having done so, and due to his enormous love for her and to want to continue to be with her, he eats the forbidden fruit as well even though he does know it is wrong to do so. In the reading in the Genesis it is not in the least explained that Adam knows it is a bad thing to do. Lastly, another very important part of Paradise Lost to note is that in this reading it is clear that when Adam and Eve are kicked out of the garden, and are never to come back to the place where they have known as their home they leave together feeling a rush of emotions and sadness, almost as if regret is present. The emotions present clearly demonstrate that all the perfection which was present in this garden is now forever lost, and will not be recovered.
   All the emotions and additional pieces of information provided within Paradise Lost that is not present within the original story of Adam and Eve has made it so that this story provides the readers with many explanations to things that were never previously explained in the Genesis. This leads me to the fact that for this reason many learn to see the story of Paradise Lost as not only a re-mytholigization, but more like a story which is believed to be as a more truthful version of the original. This great work was written in such an extraordinary manner that many do not see this story to be false, if not take this story into great  consideration when learning this religious story of Adam and Eve. For this reason Paradise Lost is the most successful re-mythology of the story of Adam and Eve.
  

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