Satan mentions some rumor that God is going to create man and thus their task will be to mess with him. This time they should use “ fraud” and “ guile”. He tells them, though they will rise again, they won’t be able to fight against God in the same way. He asks them to not worry and encourages them to rise up again. Section 5Īs an army of devils gathers around the Satan, he praises them by calling them ‘Myraids of immortal Spirits” and “Powers Matchless”. Some of them are Moloch, Chemos, Astarte, Thammuz, Dagon, Rimmon, Osiris, Iris, Orusand Belial. He again commands, “Awake, arise, or be for even fall in” Hearing the command, they quickly stand up and, as if they have been caught up napping while on duty. Seeing the lethargic devils, Satan speaks out, You wearied virtue, for the ease you find To slumber here, as in the Vales of Heavens Or in this abject posture have ye sworn To adore the conquerour?” “Better to reign in Hell, then to serve in Heaven” Section 4 He suggests moving to a nearby plain so as to discuss the war that they are supposed to wage against. According to him, God has left “ to suffer and support our pains.”Satan replies, “ to do ought good never will be our task, but ever to do ill.”If God does something good, their business will be to make bad of it. Acknowledging the Satan’s dare to rebel against God, he says that they are now “in endless misery”. He says that in spite of being defeated he still has “unconquerable will”, “revenge”, “immortal hate”, and “courage”. He also acknowledges the fact that God cannot be defeated and suggests that they should find an alternate way to deal with Him who “hold the Tyranny of Heaven.”Īt this Beelzebub speaks up. He mourns over their defeat and expulsion from the Heaven but does not repent his rebellion and calls his dare “injured merit”. Satan, breaking the prolonged silence says to Beelzebub, “O how fall’n! how chang’d from him, who in the happy Realms of Light Clothed with transcendent brightness didst out-shine.” It comprises of speeches between Satan and Beelzebub. Satan ultimately regains the conscious and “ with bold words breaking the horrid silence”speaks to Beelzebub. Poet describes the scene of Hell which he calls Choas. the fire for nine days.Īround them is “ dungeon horrible”and fire flames. All the demons including Satan remain “ rowling in the fiery Gulfe” i.e. Satan who was Lucifer, an angel, who along with his companions considered himself “ to have equal’d the most High” and rebelled against the God.Ī war started between God and Satan, in which the latter was defeated and thrown out of Heaven into Hell along with his companions who are now demons. Poet then moves to an event before Adam and Eve. Satan) that made them be expelled from the Heaven. In section 2, Milton moves from prayer to the disobedience of Adam and Eve that occurred because of the serpent (i.e. According to Milton, his purpose of writing is to “ assert Eternal Providence and justifie the wayes of God to men.” Section 2 Milton’s muse is Holy Spirit which, in his views, makes his song superior to the others. Now Milton invokes the Muse (source of mystical inspiration) to assist him divinely in giving voice to his purpose of writing (Milton calls it Adventurous Song). Poet explains the story of Adam and Eve who ate the Fruit of Forbidden Tree that brought sorrow and death to human beings until Jesus came to the world and purified it again brought happiness back. The poem Paradise Lost opens with an invocation and the poet explains the theme of his poem-first act of disobedience towards the God and then its consequences. The sixth section (lines 670-798) gives an overview of the construction of Pandemonium.The fifth section (lines 622-669) contains the speeches of Satan to demons.The fourth section (lines 283-621) gives a comprehensive detail of the demons accompanying the Satan.The third section (lines 84-282) contains the speeches between Satan and Beelzebub (his commander-in-chief).The second section (lines 27-83) gives a bird-eye view of consequences of the disobedience and the revolt and expulsion of Satan from Paradise.The first section (lines 1-26) contains the invocation and the purpose of writing.Book 1 of the Paradise Lost by John Milton, written in blank verse, is divided into six sections and comprises of 798 lines. These notes have been prepared after going through some reference books and a number of online sources.
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