Cain

Lord Byron · 1821 · Play

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The heroic quest and archetypal struggle

It extends the Miltonic tradition of portraying a rebellious, questioning figure engaged in an archetypal struggle against divine authority, giving voice to philosophical doubts about creation and suffering on a cosmic scale.

What it is

A dramatic poem that reinterprets the biblical story of Cain, exploring his rebellion against God and his questioning of divine justice and suffering. It features Lucifer as a prominent character who guides Cain through the cosmos, revealing the universe's vastness and the nature of good and evil.

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Paradise Lost· 1667↑ open

Byron explicitly admired Milton's Satan and, in "Cain," he directly engages with the biblical narrative and the themes of rebellion and questioning divine power, presenting an archetypal struggle for understanding and freedom that clearly inherits from "Paradise Lost."

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