Although John Milton was raised in London, his father was raised in Oxfordshire. So Milton had a city background as well as a rural one. Not only did he have the knowledge of two different cultures he was brought up in the difference of religious beliefs. His father, John Milton Senior, was raised by a devout Roman Catholic. However, later in life, John Milton Sr. switched his beliefs to the Protestant Religion. John Milton Jr. …showed first 75 words of 667 total…

…showed last 75 words of 667 total…God for having wronged him. Milton’s announced aim was to justify the ways of God to men. The only way Milton could achieve this was showing that man, not God, is responsible for the world’s evil. Milton also believed that righteousness and evil have no real meaning unless man is free to choose between them. Milton’s next project was paradise regained. This tells of human salvation through Christ, and of his temptation