Throughout the text of Milton's Paradise Lost, we can see many examples of binary relationships connecting distinct conceptual ideas. The construction of “authorship” in the poem provides a good example of such a relationship. This theme integrates two very different ideas in the poem and is central to understanding the issues surrounding the creation and use of power. Milton's attention to each character and their specific personality allows us to interpret their actions as consciously chosen ones. within the larger framework of the poem. The idea of ​​“creation” is very detailed. Beyond the creation of the world in Book I, there are many instances where the act of creation itself becomes an act of bestowing power on an object or person. The most obvious example would be God's creation of Adam and Eve. In creating the couple, God desires that they glorify His ways through their praise and deeds. He gives them enough power over their destiny to choose to worship Him as the Almighty. The fact that they have free will is important to God because they choose to praise Him despite any external temptation. This type of power has an obvious drawback. They chose to follow the seductive words of Satan. The fact that they had free will to follow Satan's words meant that their decision was cosmically more important because it was made by conscious thought. We can see this idea of ​​power demonstrated throughout Paradise Lost. The dual relationship between the beneficial act of bestowing power at the moment of creation and the negative side of free will to freely use that power, appears in each character. Creation instances appear in each book and can be associated with each character. Some of the first appearances of the word "author" are linked to the idea of ​​creation. In Book III, the gathered crowds of angels say: "Eternal King, Author of all being/Fountain of light, yourself invisible/..." (III, 376-7) Here, God is depicted as the great creator of everything in all creation. To be the “author” of something is to be the creator, in the same way that Milton himself creates the world of the poem. In virtually all cases, the act of “creating” is associated with images of primacy and legitimacy. The ultimate act of creation, that of shaping the physical world itself, provides another reference to this idea..