Assignment #8

"Paradise Lost: Books VII & VII and Plato: Timaeus"

In reading books VII and VIII of Paradise Lost, I was able to make comparisons that connected them to Timaeus, as well as separate them. Comparably, each speaks about the beauty of God's creation and the good that was inteneded. As readers, we picture an elaborate image of God creating this world for mankind and grow to appreciate its beauty through each author's interpretation of Creation.
A difference I was able to distinguish between Milton and Plato was the explanation of the creation of man and woman. Milton explains in Book VIII that Eve was created from a rib of Adam while Plato had a different explanation. He tells us that females are created through weak men. When a male becomes weak, he in turn becomes a female.
Milton and Plato each had their own interpetation of Creation, as do many people in the world. What we make of these explanations, further our understanding and own interpertation of Creation