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Paradise Lost

Milton’s conception of Hell in Paradise Lost

 Milton’s Hell is not a place of hopelessness but a place for meaningful activities.

In Paradise Lost, Milton gives a vivid and effective picture of Hell. Hell is a place for torment and torture. Milton has described it as a place of dismal situation and as a place burning like furnace. According to the Christianity, hell is the place where sinners suffer eternal damnation. Milton has described Hell as a place of all horrors in his famous epic Paradise Lost.

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