『실낙원』에 나타난 분리와 합일 = Separation and Union in Paradise Lost

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper looks into the two diametrically opposed partnerships in Paradise Lost: between the God the Father and the Son, and Satan and Sin. More specifically, the nature of their separation and union will be the subject of this paper. The first of each pair is the originary entity from whom the second is separated, which implies both identity and difference, and the degree identity/difference determines the nature of their union.
The identity and difference between the Father and the Son obtain in will and agency, The Son unites with the Father in will: the Father delights in the Son, and the Son delights in praising the Father. They differ in that the Son is the Father's 'word', his 'wisdom', and his 'effectual might'-the visible agent of the Father's will.
The creation of Sin makes a parody of the Son's creation. Springing from Satan's head, Sin externalizes his mind and inspires his lust, the exact image of her radiant Father. But although Satan tells Sin (and Death) that they are his vicegerents on earth and that they derive power from him, parodying the way the Son performs the Father's agency, Sin (and Death) cannot fully become his agents, for their union is not of the will. That their wills are not united becomes is apparent when Satan cannot recognize Sin (or himself in Sin) at the Gates of Hell.
Two statements in the poem refer explicitly to union with God in the end. The Son's assertion in book 6 that God shall be "All in All," echoing the Father's in book 3, remarkably illuminates the nature of deity, suggesting that the Son's individuality will be incorporated into the greater Father.