LANGUAGE, POWER, AND DIVINE ORDER IN THE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON

Abstract

.     This essay explores how John Milton connects language, power, and divine order in his major literary works, especially Paradise Lost, Areopagitica, and Samson Agonistes. Milton views language not only as a means of communication but as a divine gift that reflects truth, reason, and moral order. He believes that language possesses both creative and destructive potential depending on how it is used. Through his writing, Milton investigates how the power of words can uphold or challenge divine authority, and how language can either preserve or distort the order of the universe. The purpose of this essay is to analyze Milton’s vision of language as a moral and political instrument that reflects the harmony between divine will and human freedom.