tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post6167530517581015432..comments2023-09-19T08:52:46.269-05:00Comments on Alms for Oblivion: Paradise Lost 2: Satan or God?piershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042745369869839918noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post-29061414399686330542010-01-23T18:37:05.346-06:002010-01-23T18:37:05.346-06:00Heaven has no pleasures. Milton did not know how ...Heaven has no pleasures. Milton did not know how to describe eternal bliss. Writers are good at tragedy, not as good at comedy, and helpless when trying to write about Heaven.<br />Dante's "Inferno" is a work of genius; his "Purgatorio" is intereting; his "Paradiso" is a failure.<br />I think you're correct about Blake, Piers. I think that both Milton and Dante had hidden agendas attacking the idea of eternal torment, which nobody could deserve except for a Hitler. Hell is not mentioned in the Old Testament. Jesus introduced the idea in Matthew 25:31-46 and Luke 16:19-31.George Jochnowitzhttp://www.jochnowitz.netnoreply@blogger.com