The Fragrance of our Complacency

I thought I was going to successfully complete my voyage on Spaceship Earth without having to deal with John Milton, but no. However, it turned out to be a pretty interesting experience.

I was recently introduced a section of John Milton’s Paradise Lost, where Satan seduced Eve.

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Art derived from Paradise Lost

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Gustave Doré

We’re going to reserve an entire future BLOTT to Gustave Doré. In addition to the wood engravings above, here are some additional Doré illustrations for Paradise Lost:

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PG-13 Warning: A Fraudulent Temptation

Let’s get back to the poem, specifically where Satan temps Eve:

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What about a version for 21st Century America?

Sadly, there does not appear to be a Classics Illustrated version of Paradise Lost.

But fear not!

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There must be a movie, right?

This web site has an interesting analysis of why we are living in a Paradise Lost Cinema Desert. In a nutshell:

“Getting past the Milton of it all is a very suspect sentiment.”

“In Eden there’s the nudity problem,…which would be a big problem for a big studio movie.”
– The Satanic Scholar

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Interesting concept art of Lucifer for a proposed movie based on the 2004 script by Philip de Blasi and Byron Willinger:

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New Words from John M.