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Based on the Gospel Of Luke 's version of the Temptation s of Christ , ''Paradise Regained'' is four books in length, in contrast to ''Paradise Lost'''s twelve. In it Milton uses Parody to show Satan 's folly in stark contrast to Jesus , the epitome of perfect heroism. One of the major concepts emphasized throughout ''Paradise Regained'' is the use of reversals. As implied by its title, Milton sets out to reverse the 'loss' of Paradise. Thus, antonyms are often found next to each other throughout the story, reinforcing the idea that everything that was lost in the first epic is going to be regained by the end of the mini-epic. Additionally, this work focuses on the idea of 'hunger', but in a literal and in a spiritual sense. After wandering in the wilderness for forty days Jesus is starved of both food and the Word of God. Satan, too blind to see any non-literal meanings of the term, offers Christ food and infinite power in order to satiate his hunger, but Jesus, 'hungering' for the Word of God, continually denies him. This creates an interesting connection between ''Paradise Lost'' and ''Paradise Regained'', where in one the heroes fall victim to their hunger while in the other the hero resists the temptation and thus effectively reverses the fall of mankind from the first epic. EXTERNAL LINKS
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