A true blending of the personal and the political. I really enjoyed the use of Milton’s Paradise Lost as a lens with which to understand liberation and anxiety itself. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately — Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is also really interesting on religion/liberation/anxiety/guilt. Thanks for another great piece, lots to think about!
Thank you as always for reading and giving your thoughts! I’m truly grateful. Oh yes! Doctor Faustus is definitely another great text to explore these themes. In my annotations, I thought of Faustus when comparing him to Satan. Both understand the eternal consequences of condemning their own souls, yet do so anyway with pride and desire for power.
A true blending of the personal and the political. I really enjoyed the use of Milton’s Paradise Lost as a lens with which to understand liberation and anxiety itself. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately — Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is also really interesting on religion/liberation/anxiety/guilt. Thanks for another great piece, lots to think about!
Thank you as always for reading and giving your thoughts! I’m truly grateful. Oh yes! Doctor Faustus is definitely another great text to explore these themes. In my annotations, I thought of Faustus when comparing him to Satan. Both understand the eternal consequences of condemning their own souls, yet do so anyway with pride and desire for power.
Nice work Dom. I enjoyed reading this.