![]() ![]() It’s probably safe to assume that the new series will incorporate similar themes of ambition, stubbornness, and hubris-hopefully making for some very interesting characters. Like Heaven and Eden, Themyscira is a kind of paradise for its inhabitants (in fact, one of its alternate names is “Paradise Island”), but it’s through feuding and infighting that Diana, Hippolyta, and the other Amazons put their home in jeopardy. It’s not hard to see some parallels between the John Milton poem and the Wonder Woman comic story arc. The title refers to two paradises that are lost: Satan and his fallen angels losing their places in Heaven, and Adam and Eve falling prey to sin and losing their place in Eden. ![]() Satan is written as a wily trickster and gifted orator, and Adam and Eve’s love story is surprisingly moving. However in conception design and execution it far surpasses the classical models before it. Milton composed his epic in accordance with the established rules and conventions as laid down by Aristotle. Yes, it’s a morality tale and political allegory based on a myth that might have been forced down your throat in Sunday school, but it’s also a rollicking good time. PARADISE LOST as an Epic Milton’s Paradise Lost is based on Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Adenoid. If you haven’t read Paradise Lost, pick up a copy posthaste. ![]()
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