John Bunyan And John Milton's Journeys During The Renaissance
The Renaissance was a time of newness, learning , and living for the moment. At the same time, the Renaissance was also filled with great spiritual journeys. John Milton, and John Bunyan both had stories about spiritual journeys. The Fall of Satan From Paradise Lost , The Pilgrim's Progress, and Mcbeth are all great examples of the Renaissance showing their true spiritual colors. It seems that Milton and Bunyan both represent the Renaissance with their show of spiritual belief.
John Milton was a great writer during the era of the Renaissance. He was born December 9, 1608 and died November 8, 1674. Milton went to a St. Paul's school then later attended Christ's college in Cambridge. John was a protestant, and believed the individual reader should interpret the bible(“John Milton Biography”). Milton was able to write in Latin, …show more content…
He was born in 1564 in stratford-on-avon which is a historic market town in warwickshire and died in 1616 at home with no known cause of death. William was christened in the parish church in warwickshire on April 26, 1564. Growing up he attended The King's New School for seven years, where he obtained a good education in latin and the Bible. William is now an author of more than thirty-six plays and 150 poems. Some people wonder if all of his works were actually him. Some believe that he wasn't smart enough to come up with some of the plays that came out under his name. One of Shakespeare's works Macbeth makes a great example of a spiritual Journey. Macbeth and the Renaissance are related due to Macbeth's' pursuit of power. In the story of Macbeth he experiences multiple spiritual experiences. In the beginning of Macbeth he has a meeting with three witches and does some weird spiritual thing. Shortly after macbeth killed banquo he had a dinner at his house. During the dinner he saw the ghost of banquo and Macbeth began to freak out because of his spiritual
John Milton was a great writer during the era of the Renaissance. He was born December 9, 1608 and died November 8, 1674. Milton went to a St. Paul's school then later attended Christ's college in Cambridge. John was a protestant, and believed the individual reader should interpret the bible(“John Milton Biography”). Milton was able to write in Latin, …show more content…
He was born in 1564 in stratford-on-avon which is a historic market town in warwickshire and died in 1616 at home with no known cause of death. William was christened in the parish church in warwickshire on April 26, 1564. Growing up he attended The King's New School for seven years, where he obtained a good education in latin and the Bible. William is now an author of more than thirty-six plays and 150 poems. Some people wonder if all of his works were actually him. Some believe that he wasn't smart enough to come up with some of the plays that came out under his name. One of Shakespeare's works Macbeth makes a great example of a spiritual Journey. Macbeth and the Renaissance are related due to Macbeth's' pursuit of power. In the story of Macbeth he experiences multiple spiritual experiences. In the beginning of Macbeth he has a meeting with three witches and does some weird spiritual thing. Shortly after macbeth killed banquo he had a dinner at his house. During the dinner he saw the ghost of banquo and Macbeth began to freak out because of his spiritual