His best-known prose is in the pamphlets Areopagitica(1644), on freedom of the press, and Of Education(1644). He lost his sight in the year of 1651. and thereafter dictated his works. His disastrous first marriage ended with his wifes death in 1652: two later marriages were more successful. After the restoration he was arrested as a noted defender of the commonwealth but was soon released In Paradise lost(1667), his epic masterpiece on the Fall of Man written in blank verse, he uses his sublime“ grand style”with superb power; his characterization of Satan is a supreme achievement.His best-known prose is in the pamphlets Areopagitica (1644), on freedom of the press, and Of Education (1644). He lost his sight in the year of 1651, and thereafter dictated his works. His disastrous first marriage ended with his wife's death in 1652; two later marriages were more successful. After the Restoration he was arrested as a noted defender of the Commonwealth, but was soon released. In Paradise Lost (1667), his epic masterpiece on the Fall of Man written in blank verse, he uses his sublime “grand style” with superb power; his characterization of Satan is a supreme achievement