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he was puritan
his life can be divided in three periods:
-Italian period: he wrote two books: "L' Allegro" and "Il penseroso"
-The period when he was involved in political activities: he supported freedom of press and divorce in the parliament.
-The period after he became blind: he wrote his masterpiece: "Paradise Lost"

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milton's life is divided in three periods.
-Italian period: he studies Italian and italian litterature, he writes two books influenced by Petrarch's style
-political period, he write pamphlets about press freedom, pro divorce in parliament
- eye diasese, he writes "Paradise Lost" even if he was almost blind.

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"L'allegro" and "Il pensieroso", inspired by Petrarch

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The stile is the epic one, it is placed in the religious universe.
Satan is the main character of the poem and he has all the characteristics of the epic hero: leadreship, courage and authority.

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Pamphlets about freedom of press, divorce and the parliament

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sun at the center of the universe
hell is below chaos

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He wrote his masterpiece "Paradise Lost" (epic poem in 12 books), where Satan is the protagonist.

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It tells biblical story of Adam and Eve + God and Satan, an angel who is hurled into Hell

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-Celestial light
-who shall be free?
-better to raign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n
- Satan is considered to be
an epic hero
-idea of freedom

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written after the Restoration of the monarchy

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Milton was a proponent of monism
or animist materialism.   Milton's monism is most notably reflected in Paradise Lost when he has angels eat   and engage in sexual intercourse

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The poem follows the epic tradition of starting in medias res

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were idiosyncratic, not those of an identifiable group or faction, and often they go well beyond the orthodoxy of the time. Their tone, however, stemmed from the Puritan emphasis on the centrality and inviolability of conscience

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Trinity and predestination

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follower of Arianism (just believes in God and his Son, as separate entities)

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he writes his masterpiece "Paradise Lost" and introduces the figure of the byronic hero ;)