In the poem, Milton stresses the possibility of redemption and the importance of adherence to Christian virtues, such as obedience to God. Milton was a devout Presbyterian and a staunch defender of individual liberty – views that surface in his depictions of God and free will.Milton’s involvement in the English Civil War and work for Oliver Cromwell’s interregnum government influenced the author’s depiction of tyranny and revolution, as well as colored his contemporaries’ reception of the politically charged poem.Ambitiously, Milton declared his intention to “justify the ways of God to man” with this poem, illuminating the need for the fall of humankind and the relationship between God’s omnipotence, fate and free will.
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