Reflections of Milton in Paradise Lost and On Having Arrived :: comparison compare contrast essays

Reflections of Milton in paradise Lost and On Having Arrived        At a young age, John Milton was convinced that he was destined for greatness.  He vox populi that he might perhaps leave something so written to after clocks as they should not willingly let it die(Text 414).  For this reason he estimate that his life was very important to himself and to others.  He often wrote directly close himself, and he used his life experiences as roots for his literature.  In Paradise Lost and in a sonnet entitled On His Blindness, Milton speaks indirectly and directly of his loss of vision.  Also in Paradise Lost, he uses the policy-making situation of his time as a base for the plot, and he incorporates elements of his give character into the character of Satan.  In On Having Arrived at the Age of 23, he speaks plainly about the course of his life.        In the latter bankrupt of his life, Milton lost his vi sion. This loss was very traumatic for him because he had not in so far completed his mission of writing a memorable cook of literature. currently after, he continued his work with the help of his daughters. He dictated to them a sonnet he called On His Blindness in which he asks how theology expects him to do his work blind. Miltons ambitious side says that his writing talent is lodged with him deceitful(Text 417).  His religious side soon realizes that he is complaining to God and he takes it back.  He discovers that God will not look down on him if he does not write a masterpiece.  He granted Milton a great talent, and he expects Milton to be happy. He has to learn to do his work in a dark world.  This poem was not the last time Milton referred to his given in his writing.  In book one of Paradise Lost, eon invoking the Muse, Milton says what in me is dark illumine(Hndout 22).  He asks to be granted the reason to work through his blindness.   He obviously thinks of his blindness as a major weakness.  Later in the text, he describes Hell as having no light, but rather darkness visible(Hndout 270).  It is Miltons way of almost subliminally implying that his condition is comparable to