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A Poem. In IV BOOKS. To which is added SAMSON AGONISTES</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Modern_English" title="Modern English">Modern English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Epic_poem" class="mw-redirect" title="Epic poem">Epic poem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Religious" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious">religious</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1671</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost" title="Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost</a> </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Paradise Regained</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Poem" class="mw-redirect" title="Poem">poem</a> by English poet <a href="/wiki/John_Milton" title="John Milton">John Milton</a>, first published in 1671.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The volume in which it appeared also contained the poet's <a href="/wiki/Closet_drama" title="Closet drama">closet drama</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Samson_Agonistes" title="Samson Agonistes">Samson Agonistes</a></i>. <i>Paradise Regained</i> is connected by name to his earlier and more famous <a href="/wiki/Epic_poetry" title="Epic poetry">epic poem</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Lost" title="Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost</a></i>, with which it shares similar <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theological</a> <a href="/wiki/Theme_(literary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theme (literary)">themes</a>; indeed, its title, its use of <a href="/wiki/Blank_verse" title="Blank verse">blank verse</a>, and its progression through Christian history recall the earlier work. However, this effort deals primarily with the <a href="/wiki/Temptation_of_Christ" title="Temptation of Christ">temptation of Christ</a> as recounted in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a>. </p><p>Milton composed <i>Paradise Regained</i> at his cottage in <a href="/wiki/Chalfont_St_Giles" title="Chalfont St Giles">Chalfont St Giles</a> in <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>. <i>Paradise Regained</i> is four books long and comprises 2,065 lines; in contrast, <i>Paradise Lost</i> is twelve books long and comprises 10,565 lines. As such, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_K._Lewalski" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbara K. Lewalski">Barbara K. Lewalski</a> has labelled the work a "brief epic". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Regained&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Book_1">Book 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Regained&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Book 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> is <a href="/wiki/Baptized" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptized">baptized</a> by <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John</a>. <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a>, seeing this, calls a meeting of demons to plot against him, confident he can fool Christ as he fooled <a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a>. </p><p>Meanwhile <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> tells the <a href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">angels</a> Satan is overconfident, and they sing God's praise. </p><p>Jesus enters the <a href="/wiki/Wilderness" title="Wilderness">wilderness</a> and fasts there for 40 days, pondering His past and future, before a seeming old man of the desert asks him as Son of God to turn stones into bread. Recognizing Satan, Jesus rebukes him for his lies. Satan pretends to be delighted to hear truth and begs permission to stay. Jesus says he can do whatever the Father in heaven allows. Night falls. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Book_2">Book 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Regained&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Book 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Simon_(given_name)" title="Simon (given name)">Simon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew" title="Andrew">Andrew</a> saw Jesus baptized and realize He is <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messiah</a>, but lose Him and search for Him. They worry they have lost Him for good. <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a> too wonders what has become of her Son, remembering that she lost Him once before when He was 12. </p><p>Satan returns to his demons, warning them this temptation is going to be far more difficult than the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_man" title="Fall of man">fall of man</a>. <a href="/wiki/Belial" title="Belial">Belial</a> advises using a <a href="/wiki/Honey_trapping" title="Honey trapping">honey trap</a>, but Satan knows this will not work, thinking <a href="/wiki/Pride" title="Pride">pride</a> a stronger test. </p><p>Jesus, <a href="/wiki/Hungry" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungry">hungry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dreams" class="mw-redirect" title="Dreams">dreams</a> of <a href="/wiki/Elijah" title="Elijah">Elijah</a> being fed by <a href="/wiki/Raven" title="Raven">ravens</a>. Waking, He finds a fair man and a <a href="/wiki/Banquet" title="Banquet">banquet</a> waiting for Him, but He again resists. Satan next tries to tempt with money, but Jesus reminds him that <a href="/wiki/King_David" class="mw-redirect" title="King David">King David</a> started as a mere shepherd. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Book_3">Book 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Regained&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Book 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Satan flatters Christ, praising His wisdom, then taunts Him with his lack of achievement, saying <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> had conquered half the world at 30. Jesus rejects gaining <a href="/wiki/Glory_(honor)" title="Glory (honor)">glory</a> by violent means. </p><p>Satan next tries goading Him with duty, saying <a href="/wiki/Judas_Maccabeus" title="Judas Maccabeus">Judas Maccabeus</a> gained glory for God by fighting the pagans, but Jesus sees <a href="/wiki/Suffering_servant" class="mw-redirect" title="Suffering servant">suffering</a> as the path he must tread. </p><p>Satan then takes Christ to a high mountain, showing Him the kingdoms of the world. He suggests He will need an alliance with the <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthians</a> if He is to resist <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> successfully. Christ refuses Satan's suggestion to free the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Tribes" class="mw-redirect" title="Ten Tribes">Ten Tribes</a>, leaving it to <a href="/wiki/Divine_providence" title="Divine providence">divine providence</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Book_4">Book 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Regained&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Book 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Satan next shows Christ <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Rome</a>, and offers it to Him. Christ once more rejects. Satan says all the kingdoms of the world are his to bestow if only Christ will bow the knee. Christs rebukes him for this blasphemy, quoting Exodus chapter 20. </p><p>Satan, realizing he is defeated, makes an attempt to interest Christ in the <a href="/wiki/Wisdom" title="Wisdom">wisdom</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Ancient Greece</a>, but Jesus rejects this in favor of the Psalms and the <a href="/wiki/Prophet" title="Prophet">Prophets</a>. Satan angrily returns Christ to the wilderness and forces Him to spend a cold night in the middle of a Tempest amid hellish furies. Christ endures this. Satan, frustrated, takes Christ to Jerusalem and tells Him to throw himself off the pinnacle of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Jewish Temple</a>, quoting a Psalm. Jesus quotes back, "Tempt not the Lord thy God". Satan falls. Angels help Jesus, singing of His victory over the devil, feeding Him, and returning Him to Mary. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christ_refusing_the_banquet,_William_Blake_c.1816_%E2%80%9318.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Christ_refusing_the_banquet%2C_William_Blake_c.1816_%E2%80%9318.jpg/220px-Christ_refusing_the_banquet%2C_William_Blake_c.1816_%E2%80%9318.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Christ_refusing_the_banquet%2C_William_Blake_c.1816_%E2%80%9318.jpg/330px-Christ_refusing_the_banquet%2C_William_Blake_c.1816_%E2%80%9318.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Christ_refusing_the_banquet%2C_William_Blake_c.1816_%E2%80%9318.jpg/440px-Christ_refusing_the_banquet%2C_William_Blake_c.1816_%E2%80%9318.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1238" /></a><figcaption><i>Christ refusing the banquet</i>, <a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a> (c. 1816–18)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis">Analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Regained&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Regained&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ParadiseRBlake2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/ParadiseRBlake2.jpg/220px-ParadiseRBlake2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/ParadiseRBlake2.jpg/330px-ParadiseRBlake2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/ParadiseRBlake2.jpg/440px-ParadiseRBlake2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="732" /></a><figcaption><i>The First Temptation</i>, <a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a> (c.1820)</figcaption></figure> <p>Whereas <i>Paradise Lost</i> is ornate in style and decorative in its verse, <i>Paradise Regained</i> is carried out in a fairly plain style. Specifically, Milton reduces his use of simile and deploys a simpler syntax in <i>Paradise Regained</i> than he does in <i>Paradise Lost</i>, and this is consistent with Biblical descriptions of Jesus's plainness in his life and teachings (in the epic, he prefers Hebrew Psalms to <a href="/wiki/Greek_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek poetry">Greek poetry</a>). Modern editors believe the simpler style of <i>Paradise Regained</i> evinces Milton's poetic maturity. This is not to say that the poem bears no affinities with Milton's earlier work, but scholars continue to agree with <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Frye" title="Northrop Frye">Northrop Frye</a>'s suggestion that <i>Paradise Regained</i> is "practically <i>sui generis</i>" in its poetic execution.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frontispiece_of_Paradise_Regained,_circa_1671.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Frontispiece_of_Paradise_Regained%2C_circa_1671.png/220px-Frontispiece_of_Paradise_Regained%2C_circa_1671.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="363" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Frontispiece_of_Paradise_Regained%2C_circa_1671.png 1.5x" data-file-width="293" data-file-height="484" /></a><figcaption>Frontispiece of <i>Paradise Regained</i>, circa 1671.</figcaption></figure> <p>One major concept emphasized throughout <i>Paradise Regained</i> is the idea of reversals. As implied by its title, Milton sets out to reverse the "loss" of Paradise. Thus, <a href="/wiki/Antonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonym">antonyms</a> are often found next to each other, reinforcing the idea that everything that was lost in the first epic will be regained by the end of this "brief epic". Additionally, the work focuses on the idea of "hunger", both in a literal and in a spiritual sense. After wandering in the wilderness for forty days, <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> is starving for food. <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a>, too blind to see any non-literal meanings of the term, offers Christ food and various other temptations, but Jesus continually denies him. Although Milton's Jesus is remarkably human, an exclusive focus on this dimension of his character obscures the divine stakes of Jesus's confrontation with Satan; Jesus emerges victorious, and Satan falls, amazed. </p><p>An anecdote recounted by a Quaker named <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ellwood" title="Thomas Ellwood">Thomas Ellwood</a> provides some insight into <i>Paradise Regained</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s development. After studying Latin with Milton and reading the poet's epic <i>Paradise Lost</i>, Ellwood remarked, "Thou hast said much here of Paradise lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise found?" Hearing this, Milton at first "sat some time in a muse" before changing the subject; however, sometime thereafter he showed to Ellwood a new manuscript entitled <i>Paradise Regained.</i> Some maintain that although he seemed to express gratitude to Ellwood in a letter, Milton in truth "passed on a friendly if impish fabrication" that made Ellwood feel like the inspiration for the poem.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paradise_Regained&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMilton1671" class="citation book cs1">Milton, John (1671). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xe4KXkN45zMC&dq=paradise+regained&pg=PP13"><i>Paradise Regained; A Poem in IV Books; To Which is Added Samson Agonistes</i></a>. 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