MILTON: Paradise Lost [Books VII-XII]

 

Book VII
• Adam asks Raphael to tell him how and why the world was created. Raphael states that God created the world to replace the number of Rebel Angels that were cast from Heaven, lest Satan mistakenly believe that he has harmed Heaven by decreasing its population.

MILTON: Paradise Lost [Books I-VI]

Book I
• Milton aims to justify the ways of God to men with his poem. His subject is Man’s disobedience, which resulted in the loss of Paradise.