Power Unfolded Throughout the text of Milton’s Paradise Lost, readers can see many instances of binary relationships connecting separate conceptual ideas. The construction of "authorship" in the poem exists as a good example of just such a relationship. This theme incorporates two very different ideas in the poem, and is central to the understanding of issues concerning the creation and use of power. The attention Milton gives to each character and their specific personality …showed first 75 words of 2236 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2236 total…Lost is part of a process which results in the creation of something entirely original into the greater scheme of the universe. Every time this happens, a piece of the creator goes into the new object, endowing it with life, and power. In this way, the readers can see that the fundamental structures of power at work in Milton’s universe depend on each other in order for any of them to incorporate any meaning.