Is the key theme in Paradise Lost Truth? It makes the epic sound like some Tarantino film. Like a movie. When I think of cinema and truth, I think of seeing as believing. Would Milton argue that what he wrote in Paradise Lost was true? Or was he having fun adding pages to the Bible?

I keep thinking about Areopagitica while reading Paradise Lost. I run into the intentional fallacy however, in that I shouldn't try to figure out the personality of the real author. I do believe understanding who John Milton was—how his philosophy was similar and different throughout his life can get us closer to understanding his seminal epic poem.