Looking back on my reactions towards the first three books of Paradise Lost, this comes as a surprise to me, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading Paradise Lost this semester. After getting used to John Milton's style of writing and diligently working to understand the meanings behind his epic poem, I feel accomplished as well as enriched. Certainly I could read Paradise Lost countless times again for deeper understanding, but for now, I feel as though I've gotten a lot of of it my first time through. The discussions in class, as well as through the Common Place Blog furthered my understanding and interests. In all honesty, however, I wish that the CPB was more of a short reaction or question towards a particular passage, rather than lengthy analyses of certain areas of the poem. I do understand the idea behind such assignments, but I feel I could have gotten more out of the CPB had it been more of a place for class discussions and such. Perhaps that is the nature of the blog though...I suppose we made of it what we wanted at the time and had I wanted to post a quick question or response, I easily could have. I feel as though I didn't entirely understand the assignment through out most of the semester. I was hesitant about posting little things so that it did not count as one of my posts, but I understand now that that is not really the nature of the blog.
I did like that I could access my group as well as class' discussions at any time, helping me to better understand the material of this course. I also enjoyed Good Omens and the direct relationship between it and Paradise Lost, something we all spent the majority of the semester working through. What do you guys think? - CPB: To be, or not to be?
Kellie M.
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