Freedom and Virtue in John Milton's Comus and Areopagitica

Thomas Thomas, John Milton 's Comus and Freeport and Virtue writer of Areopagitica, was executed with treason. "For generations, Patrick Henry's burning patriotism and frank candid honestly told him" I give freedom to me and give me death! " On the same line of two men, John Milton's "Areopagitica" thinks the essence of life is freedom to choose how people live.

After that, Milton wrote a mask called Comus and elegy called Lycidas. In Comus, the common theme is about virtue. He caused a conflict between virtue and evil, but this idea is not his own. Milton used a comedian 's Robert Green drama. And he wrote a script entitled "The Story of the Old Wizard," and Milton used it as his mask. The story is that Comus is trying to tempt a girl, but she was benign through all the time. In fact, Virtue finally gave her the ability to resist her. In all these poems, the characters are allegorical, they do not move, and the theme is not dramatic. Since there is no dramatic behavior, they do not have that dramatic dimension. That scene is not to attract eyes without attracting souls and attracting ears In addition to the scene, the girls begin singing and hope that her songs are conveyed to her brothers. This reflects Milton's own personality. Milton admitted this girl and herself. He said all the words she said

In spite of the early composition, Comus complicated Milton's late poetry. In "Lycidas", "Lost Paradise", "Samson Agonistes", "Regain Paradise", discussion of virtue and vice was repeated. Each poem has a different prototype conflict, but long games and debates or, indeed, meditation is very important in all works, especially later work. "The second important work written between Milton's study and leisure was a memorial to Edward King, a student at Milton College in Cambridge Christian College on 10 August 1637 when he died It was an idyllic elegance "Lycidas". Like Milton sailing the Irish Sea, King is a poet who is intended to enter missionary missionary Milton's poem is included in episode 35, King Justa Eduardo (1638), mostly in Latin It is Greek and English, and Justa refers to judges or official ceremonies and deceased ceremonies.