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THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND PARADISE

The Garden of Eden is the living place of Adam and Eve. The action of Book IX takes place in Paradise in The Garden of Eden. The second book of Genesis of the Old Testament of "The Bible' says, "And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden: and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads." From this reference Milton has built a magnificent world by his power of imagination. Paradise is situated on the eastern border of Eden. Around the earth there are other heavens rotate for our benefit. They bear one or more bright planets and the stars. They are arranged 'light above light'. They are shedding their influence on the earth. The Earth is suspended in space static. The other...