Status Updates From Paradise Lost

I don’t think I’ve ever been more unfocused reading a book

...quite confusing and a lot and also written in early modern english which just adds an extra layer. But I've found that like plays it is best to read aloud in order to slow down and absorb everything and I am enjoying it.

...was unfamiliar with both this would be impossible to read. But if this takes place at the formation of the world, before the creation of man, then what are all these references to Greek heroes doing? Is it being used as a sort of outside allusion? Am I reading way too much into it? These people didn't exist yet as man didn't exist yet and also why is there so much pagan influence in a Christian text? It's all...

...general story. I think I was also surprised how much Greek mythological influence and allusions there are, and how seriously they are taken in the context of the story, It's just kind of confusing timelinewise because ok yes, this is an epic based on the Greek epic tradition so it makes sense for there to be references and I am grateful to my understanding and knowledge of Greek mythology at least because if I...

wow this is hard to read but also incredibly fascinating. I don't exactly know what I was expecting going into this but this is not it. The depth of the Christian mythology that is being portrayed and incorporated is not something I am used to or was expecting. I unfortunately am not very educated in demonology or the deep points of Christian mysticism, so a lot of it is very unfamiliar, even if I know the...