A Comparison between the Depiction of Religion in Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'
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Since the beginning of all civilization people are wondering how the human race could have been created. Already the most primitive tribes, many a thousand years ago, were worshipping numerous gods and spiritual entities, which they pleaded for food, one's individual health, or maybe forgiveness after one died. Over the centuries, institutions, that provided instructions how to please the almighty creator best, came into being and were defended against doubt and disbelieve. From these institutions today's three major religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism derived, beside a countless number of minor religions and sects. Each religion vindicated its own interpretation of the Creation and tolerated no opposition or blasphemy. Nonetheless, harsh criticism was often aimed at both Holy Scriptures, the Bible and the Qu'ran. John Milton's Paradise Lost and Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses are both describing events about the founding of a religion: the former has rewritten Genesis, the first part of the Bible where the creation of the earth is described; the latter refers to the founding of Islam, when the prophet Mohammad received the holy verses of the Qu'ran. It is not surprising that both authors, Milton as well as Rushdie, are not simply retelling the ancient scriptures, in fact, they are stating their own views on religious issues, not keeping to the official dogmas. I want to show in which way religious images and Christian creed by Milton, Islamic creed by Rushdie, are presented and demonstrate similarities in the depiction of religion, despite more than 300 years lying between the publication of the two writings.

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Since the beginning of all civilization people are wondering how the human race could have been created. Already the most primitive tribes, many a thousand years ago, were worshipping numerous gods and spiritual entities, which they pleaded for food, ones individual health, or maybe forgiveness after one died. Over the centuries, institutions, that provided instructions how to please the almighty creator best, came into being and were defended against doubt and disbelieve. From these institutions todays three major religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism derived, beside a countless number of minor religions and sects. Each religion vindicated its own interpretation of the Creation and tolerated no opposition or blasphemy. Nonetheless, harsh criticism was often aimed at both Holy Scriptures, the Bible and the Quran. John Miltons Paradise Lost and Salman Rushdies The Satanic Verses are both describing events about the founding of a religion: the former has rewritten Genesis, the first part of the Bible where the creation of the earth is described; the latter refers to the founding of Islam, when the prophet Mohammad received the holy verses of the Quran. It is not surprising that both authors, Milton as well as Rushdie, are not simply retelling the ancient scriptures, in fact, they are stating their own views on religious issues, not keeping to the official dogmas. I want to show in which way religious images and Christian creed by Milton, Islamic creed by Rushdie, are presented and demonstrate similarities in the depiction of religion, despite more than 300 years lying between the publication of the two writings.

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