Journey Of The Magi
MISINFORMED BLISS
Many are aware of the popular story from the Bible known as Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden. As years have passed, such writers as John Milton and Margaret Atwood have written their own versions to this popular story called Paradise Lost and Quattrocento. Paradise Lost takes on a different angle where it speaks from Satan's viewpoint, whereas Quattrocento takes on a different angle. The theme that Margaret Atwood tries to convey in this poem is that of misinformed bliss. We all know the Garden of Eden to be considered paradise that we were deprived of because of the first sin committed by Adam and Eve, but Atwood's poem conveys this precious garden as something else entirely.
Atwood calls the Garden a "formal garden". She attempts to depict the garden as a place of predictability. She claims that "everyone looks unhappyÂ…there is no love here". It's difficult to believe that this wonderful paradise that God created for Adam and Eve could be considered as......
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