"Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.” Paradise Lost is an epic poem. It was written by English poet John Milton. This epic poem, 350 years old this month, remains a work of unparalleled imaginative genius that shapes English literature even now. It tells the story of the war for heaven and of man’s expulsion from Eden. The poem begins with Satan, the “Traitor Angel”, cast into hell after rebelling against his creator, God. Refusing to submit to what he calls “the Tyranny of Heaven”, Satan seeks revenge by tempting into sin God’s precious creation: man. Milton further emphasizes in the prologue that his theme will be Man's disobedience to God's will, implying not only Adam's disobedience, but all mankind from first to last. He does add that his subject will include the "greater Man" who saved all others from the original disobedience.

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