Ihad great reason to consider it as a determination of heaven, that in this desolate place, and in this desolate manner, i should end my life. the tears would run plentifully down my face when i made these reflections; and sometimes i would expostulate with myself why providence should thus completely ruin his creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable; so without , abandoned, so entirely depressed, that it could hardly be rational to be for such a life. based on the context of this excerpt, what does the phrase "why providence should thus" convey about the time in which this story was written?

imparadis't in one anothers arms  

the happier eden, shall enjoy their fill  

of bliss on bliss, while i to hell am thrust,  

where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,  

among our other torments not the least,  

still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines;  

yet let me not forget what i have gain'd  

from their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems:  

one fatal tree there stands of knowledge call'd,  

forbidden them to taste: knowledge forbidd'n?  

suspicious, reasonless. why should their lord  

envie them that? can it be sin to know,

this answer to this question is c. allegory

why?

stories with allegories have a hidden symbolic meaning with a theme. the hidden meaning can be political, or other real life problems.