The Anthology

I personally feel that John Milton spends an extra amount of time emphasizing the dramatic concept of the fall, in other words, the felix culpa. Milton's main point in his epic is the story Adam and Eve's disobedience and fall of grace from God. Milton had a very different point of view about the fall, he believed that what we gained from the fall was very much a good thing. In his epic, he wishes to show and justify to man the way of God. By Adam disobeying God he opened the gate to what we all think that if Adam and Eve had not sinned that we would have lived a more perfect and happy life, however as Milton tells us without sin and death, we as Milton tells us without sin and death, we as humans have little to no importance. Now with the world having sin and death it gives people something to fear or hope for, it gives us reason to live. I think that God wishes for mankind to have a choice, God knows that we will all be tempted by Satan and that we will all sin, however he stills loves us and if we make the decision to obey and choose God then that is even for the better. God wants us to have free will and make our own mistakes and choices. However, he also wants us to fear him and know what our actions may bring unto us. I think Adam and Eve were prime examples of this.

The song I chose that relates to Milton is called A Story of God's Forgiveness sung by At Your Feet. It describes how God is able to forgive us much like he forgave Adam and Eve.