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In many Early Modern works can be found a structural scheme wherein characters undergoes a pattern of exposure and trial in a wilderness setting whereby they experience progressive growth, change or self-discovery. And, this trial in the wilderness is a metaphor that has inspired Western imagination from Dante, Spenser through Shakespeare and Milton. For example, in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Characters such as Lysander, Hermia and Demetrius journey from the city to the forest where, through trial and exposure to the wild potency of nature, their conflict is resolved and they regain harmony. Likewise, the trial in the wilderness becomes, for the Son inParadise Regained, a vehicle for self-examination and inner spiritual growth as he grows into his messianic role as redeemer of mankind.
