Milton To Pope :: essays research papers

In this essay I will attempt to contrast thetype of friendship that would occasion a Milton to a society thatwould create a Pope. Although you may be able tounderstand what Im saying from my essay, the depth ofwhat I want to say skunk not be put into words, and thereforeI suggest that you read and compare the same informationthat I have. I will now beg off a bit about Milton and Popeto help you get an understanding. Milton was born into themiddle class and grew up in a highly cultured environment.Milton created relatively few poems. Milton was greatlyinfluenced by the puritan cause and Oliver Cromwell with astrong parliament government. Pope was born shortly afterMiltons death and was a roman letters Catholic. Manyrestrictions against Catholics. Pope had to struggle forposition. Some of the restrictions made Pope move outsideLondon and he could not legally vote, hold office, or advertuniversity. Pope not allowed to attend university would beone of the most significant contras ts between Milton andPope. Where Milton stayed at University for a long, longtime, Pope never went to University. For Milton the societygave him e reallything he wanted. He had life fairly easy andhad the government and the stronger religion backingMilton that Pope did not have. Pope had to fight foreverything whereas Milton did not. The society that helpedMilton did not help Pope. The society that created Mil tonwas a strong Puritan Parliament Government. Also at thetime Miltons society spoke highly of child prodigies likeMozart and Mill. Milton at the age of 23 thought that hehad basically done nothing with his life up to that point.Pope was a great poet at a very young age and if he didlook back and try to assess his life at age of 23 he wouldhave seen that he had already accomplished a lot. AlsoPope was writing just before the Pre-romantic and theromantic poetry there for his poetry would tend to reflect a changing to that style of poetry. The society and what thepeople want cau sed the style of writing to go this way. Themajority of the writing during 1670 - 1700 at the start ofPopes writing career and right after Miltons has beendescribed as grotesque slanderous writing. This writingreflects the society and what the society wanted. Thesociety that created Milton was strongly religious andwanted all the writing to be arrant(a) in the ways of thechurch and the structure of the poetry whereas the societythat created Pope was slanderous most of the time against