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A summary of Book I, Lines 1–26 in John Milton's Paradise Lost. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Paradise Lost and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
- Book I, Lines 27–722
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A summary of the epic masterpiece in plain English for the lazy student or teacher in need. It's a line-by-line, side-by-side paraphrasing of the poem, just in case reading literature from cover to cover isn't your thing. This is John Milton's Paradise Lost in translation.
Having gone blind, John Milton composed "Paradise Lost" through dictation. This 1793 painting by Henry Fuseli depicts Milton dictating to his daughter. Below, you'll find the original text of Paradise Lost, Book 1, lines 1-83, followed by colloquial paraphrasing and analysis.
Paradise Lost. : Book 1 (1674 version) By John Milton. OF Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit. Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast. Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man. Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top.
Paradise Lost opens with Satan and his fellow fallen angels waking up in Hell. They’ve recently fallen there after defeat in Heaven. They gather together and build a fortress, a council they call Pandemonium. Inside the council, they plan how they can fight back and defeat God.
In phrasing the speaker's request, the poet calls attention to the belief that Adam and Eve (and, by implication, subsequently all of humanity) would have ruled the world, subject to only one injunction: the original commandment not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
