Paradise Lost

:For the UK Goth metal band, see Paradise Lost (band).

Thematic concerns

• The Trinity – Milton's interpretation of the Trinity is that the Son and Spirit are both parts of God, or aspects of God, but they are not all of God. The analogy Milton makes in Paradise Lost is one of light: God is like the sun, the essence of light, while the Son is like the rays of the sun, an "effluence" of light. Just as it is difficult to separate the sun from its rays, it is difficult for Milton to separate the Son from the Father, or the Spirit from the other two.

Added Comment: Also, some critics have argued that the Muse the narrator calls upon for help in the beginning of book one is the third part of god, therefore, completing the trinity.

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