Paradise Lost

“Of man’s first disobedience and the fruitOf that forbidden tree whose mortal tastBrought death into the world and all our woeWith loss of Eden..”Satan and his fellow rebel angels contemplate on corrupting God’s beloved new creation Mankind. He volunteers and prepares to leave. His children—Sin and Death—build a bridge between Hell and Earth. and disguising himself as a cherub he lands on Earth. Adam and Eve after a long day at work are resting in their bower. and that’s when in the form of a serpent Satan whisper’s into Eve’s ears. Tempted to eat from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge Eve commits the sin.And hence follows the Fall of Man.. Milton’s magnum opus Paradise Lost threads together two stories focused on different heroes—the half-heroic half-evil charismatic Satan and the united Adam and Eve—skillfully balancing them