This is similar to the oppositional voices of conscience and desire that occur in man's mind, and that is further represented by the God/Satan juxtaposition in the poem
IV. The Conflict
A. In Book Four of the poem, Satan's conflict with God becomes direct and physical when he is discovered by Gabriel, but even here there is a greater sense of internal struggle
B. Satan has doubts regarding his actions and even the possibility of redemption, and he even becomes self-righteously angry when Gabriel accuses him of wrongdoing without proof -- Satan is still a creature that desires good, in some
ways, but it is being denied to him
C. Similarly,...
Man as a Manifesto of Rationalism The English Restoration of 1660 delineates a dramatic transition in British literature from writing that is elegant, expressive, and often sentimental to prose and poetry that embraces simple, lucid, classical forms (Evans 203). Additionally, the years after the Restoration saw writers continuing to investigate new regions of the scientific, the philosophical, the political, and the moral. Antecedents of this trend include seventeenth century writers
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