Paradise Regained

Paradise Regained is John Milton's four-book poem centred on Christ's temptation in the wilderness. Satan offers forms of worldly advantage, knowledge, and political power, while Christ answers through discernment and fidelity to divine purpose. The action depends largely on conversation and refusal, making resistance to temptation the poem's decisive achievement. Its concentrated form complements the wider action of Paradise Lost, but presents restored spiritual order through a heroism defined by obedience rather than outward conquest.