Just Literature discussion

Stephan wrote: "Powerful and confusing, this quotation appears in squats (appeared) as a cry for freedom...

Was Milton a rebel?"

He was a rebel in college. Remember he fought his teacher.

From a Royalist POV, yes he was.

Bill wrote: "From a Royalist POV, yes he was."

I know that the consensus seems to be that Milton was a Republican, and he certainly was up to Cromwell's tyranny. However, I am strongly convinced that he did change his mind by the time he wrote PL. the poem itself presents a debate between the two factions, and, though it is easy to identify Satan with Cromwell, I find that a bit myopic and reductive. What's more, Milton had an immense mind, absolutely immense, and I he worked via metanoia, thus, every time he states something, he then implies the opposite as well. Milton's conjunction is 'however', if I were to try to explain his mind syntactically.

He also always started by assuming the truth of any idea, then worked on it. So, back to whether Milton was a rebel, I think he would have answered by saying, 'Yes, however...'