The word that I chose which I found to be the most important in the sections of Paradise Lost that we read is “Envious”. Specifically, from the sections of lines 515-526 the concepts of envy and jealousy are explored in different ways. Satan is observing and looking upon Adam and Eve “Imparadis'd in one another's arms” (506), and is not only feeling anger, but total envy of their situation. Satan is not just having feelings of outrage because he has been banished and is angry at God, but is overcome by jealousy of the two. Satan says in Hell there is “ neither joy nor love, but fierce desire” (509) and “pain of longing pines” (5ll), whereas we usually associate Hell as just something filled with pain, torture, and fury.
I chose to do it as a multimodal piece because I felt like the passion and frustration that was expressed through what Satan was saying did not translate very well if I just tried to type it. My artifact is a collage that pieces together both the envy that Satan is feeling of Adam and Eve and their place in the Garden, but also the feelings of envy and desire that Adam and Eve have for knowledge. There are two vague sides in the collage; the left showing the garden and the right showing hell. One of the examples of overlap between the two is the word “throne” on the left side. Satan is jealous of the mighty throne that God is on and the power that he holds. I was also very excited when I saw the picture of the hand holding the cage in a magazine. It was exactly what I was looking for because the cage is very pretty and decorated, but nonetheless still a cage. Even though the garden is supposed to be paradise for Adam and Eve, they are still in a cage of limited knowledge, and are wanting to be able to explore and know more.
From the sections of lines 515-526 a different type of jealousy is discussed, the kind of jealousy felt when one does not know what they are even envious of. Adam and Eve have never known anything other than what they see and know from the Garden and what God has told them. Still, Satan asks “Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know? Can it be death?” (516-518) when wondering about why God would even tempt Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit of knowledge from the tree. He then plans to try and tempt them, so they would feel the same jealousy-fueled yearning for more than he does. I found it really interesting to think about Adam and Eve having some of the same feelings, even though Satan is in Hell and they are supposedly supposed to be in a place that should be Paradise to them. In my collage I’m trying to focus on the parallels between the situation they are both in, and how God is the one who subjected all three to their locations.
I chose to do it as a multimodal piece because I felt like the passion and frustration that was expressed through what Satan was saying did not translate very well if I just tried to type it. My artifact is a collage that pieces together both the envy that Satan is feeling of Adam and Eve and their place in the Garden, but also the feelings of envy and desire that Adam and Eve have for knowledge. There are two vague sides in the collage; the left showing the garden and the right showing hell. One of the examples of overlap between the two is the word “throne” on the left side. Satan is jealous of the mighty throne that God is on and the power that he holds. I was also very excited when I saw the picture of the hand holding the cage in a magazine. It was exactly what I was looking for because the cage is very pretty and decorated, but nonetheless still a cage. Even though the garden is supposed to be paradise for Adam and Eve, they are still in a cage of limited knowledge, and are wanting to be able to explore and know more.
From the sections of lines 515-526 a different type of jealousy is discussed, the kind of jealousy felt when one does not know what they are even envious of. Adam and Eve have never known anything other than what they see and know from the Garden and what God has told them. Still, Satan asks “Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know? Can it be death?” (516-518) when wondering about why God would even tempt Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit of knowledge from the tree. He then plans to try and tempt them, so they would feel the same jealousy-fueled yearning for more than he does. I found it really interesting to think about Adam and Eve having some of the same feelings, even though Satan is in Hell and they are supposedly supposed to be in a place that should be Paradise to them. In my collage I’m trying to focus on the parallels between the situation they are both in, and how God is the one who subjected all three to their locations.