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In both Paradise Lost and Pilgrim’s Progress scenes of imprisonment take a big part in the development of the stories. ... How does the scene of imprisonment affect the entire idea of the story in general? The imprisonment of the respective characters in each of the stories is used to advance the plot, but also as a tool for the writer to get a response from the reader.
Imprisonment in Paradise Lost does not only advance the story, but begins it. The act of imprisonment for the fallen angels is, of course, a punishment. Milton’s description of Hell is used to create a sense of separate-ness and despair: “A dungeon horrible, on all sides round as one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames no light, but rather darkness visible served only to discover sites of woe…where peace and rest can never dwell…here their prison ordained in utter darkness, and their portion set as far removed from God and light of heav’n (1819).” The imprisonment serves as a punishment, not through restraint, but isolation. ...
Bunyan uses the act of imprisonment a little differently from Milton. As Milton uses imprisonment to create a sense of isolation and represent punishment, Bunyan creates a sense of isolation but represents an obstacle that needed to be overcome. ... So, it is not an isolation from the greatness of Heaven and God, but rather an isolation from Christian and Hopeful’s journey.
The representation of imprisonment as an obstacle follows the rest of Bunyan’s story.
Approximate Word count = 1230
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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