Since up to now Satan’s physical power has been emphasized (specifically in lines 194 – 209), why is such attention shifted instead to his ability to speak?

The narrator goes on to list heroic battles and brave soldiers, Christian or not, that have been described in literature ranging from Homer’s Iliad over the story of King Arthur and his knights of the round table to battles fought in the area between Italy, the Middle East and Africa (cf.

84 - 126: This army, great in numbers, is described as “a horrid front of dreadful length and dazzling arms”, “awaiting what command their mighty chief had to impose”. The section seems to almost sympathize with Satan and his minions, and could pose the question is the fate that God handed to Satan and his followers truly justice? All Rights Reserved.

endobj HFS clients enjoy state-of-the-art warehousing, real-time access to critical business data, accounts receivable management and collection, and unparalleled customer service. In lines 27 - 33 the speaker calls on his muse to first explain the cause of Adam and Eve's ("our Grand Parents") original sin.

Could you write a long essay about Satan’s arguments and the argument techniques in book IX, with reference to the text?

The speaker characterizes “Lucifer” as the “dread Commander” his description portrays him as a fallen leader in battle. Next, Satan begins moving toward the beach by the lake of fire. Beelzebub then reassures Satan that the rebel Angels, who are now also stuck in Hell’s fire (280), would surely want to fight back with him against God. 242 - 70: 587 - 621: Lines 247 through 249 take on a very literal meaning: “Farthest from him is best” … those who are least like God are the followers Satan wants, “Whom reason hath equaled” … in reason he is not supreme, “Force hath made supreme above his equals” … through force he became the supreme ruler. He goes on to say how Satan’s defeated followers will fully and instantly regain their energy and morale, “if once they hear that voice”, proceeding to describe in great detail how Satan’s voice is the army’s truest beacon of hope in “fears and dangers” and “worst extremes” as written in lines 275 - 76.

In the following lines the narrator speaks of psychological “mind over matter” and states that as long as you are the same you can make whatever you would like of the situation and place you find yourself is. In Christian Doctrine I, viii; Works 15, Milton has written about God’s innocence in allowing crimes to be accomplished by the evil.

“They move in perfect phalanx” and become a “united force with fixéd thought”. His steps across “the burning marl” (296), as well as his “torrid climb”, (297) are contrasted with his past steps across “Heaven’s azure” (297). Belial does not have any alters or temples built for him nor does he have any worshippers, rather Belial, and his sons, seem to be a dark shadow over humans. The fallen angel goes on to question whether to fight for the riches of heaven, even though the consequence of losing is great. The muse seems to respond to the speaker's invocation in lines 34 to 83.

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With a personal account, you can read up to 100 articles each month for free. In the final lines, he warns that if they do not rise again, the “swift pursuers from Heaven” (l. 326) will take advantage of their weakness and defeat them so that they will never leave this hell.

In lines 622-662, Satan has a narrative in which he is addressing the rebel angels, and discussing their loss to God’s forces.

This passage of text on page fifteen of John Milton’s Paradise Lost follows a speech given by Satan. He first asserts in line 273 that “but the omnipotent none could have foiled” the rebel angels’ attack on Heaven; however, since this can be interpreted as either praising the Devil or admitting that God was clearly the mightier one, one might question Beelzebub’s apparently deliberate vagueness. Through lines 639-640 he goes on to speculate as to why God continues to reign in Heaven. After this comes the moment we as readers know Beelzebub is ready to follow as he calls Satan “Prince” and “Chief”. The speaker tells of Titan, “Heav’n’s first born” (510) being robbed of his birthright “by younger Saturn” (512). institution. He knows that although he no longer sits at the right hand of God, he can still have power. 4 0 obj Hopkins Fulfillment Services (HFS) Within the same lines, the narrator continues to display Satan's joy and great pride from now having the army he will soon need to battle those in heaven. " SIN, NOT TIME ": SATAN'S FIRST SPEECH IN PARADISE LOST BY JACK FOLEY" If once they hear that voice," Beelzebub assures Satan in Book I, ".

How changed/”(83) he says after a long silence after he has awakened in Hell. Read your article online and download the PDF from your email or your account.

Finally he cautions that it is of no consequence whether they find solace in the hope of retaking heaven or resolution in the fact that they can sink no further. Although ‘chained on the burning lake…the will and high permission of all-ruling Heaven left him at large’ letting him create and bring crimes, evil, and darkness to others. Belial lures men into acts of violence and corruption against God. 1.

works in English and American literature. Milton opens Paradise Lost by formally declaring his poem’s subject: humankind’s first act of disobedience toward God, and the consequences that followed from it.

Request Permissions. JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, JPASS®, Artstor®, Reveal Digital™ and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA. The speakers asks these questions of Satan as the “Chief” in order to get a better perspective of their eternal fate. At this point in the poem, Milton introduces some of the fallen angles () and how they attempted to corrupt and disconnect man from God. They lost their seat next to god as a result of their defiance, and desire to be worshiped on earth, “their darkness durst affront° his light”. This item is part of JSTOR collection

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Satan`s response reveals his self-conception as being in direct opposition to that of God`s purpose, chiefly an arbiter of evil, ``Out of our evil seek to bring forth good,/ Our labor must be to pervert that end”.

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By the time we reach the 125th line the Muse is narrating once more and we see Beelzebub “rack’d with despair” (126) for a moment. In lines 315 – 330 of Book I, Satan calls upon the fallen angels, now inhabitants of hell, to assemble. What is particularly different about this fallen angel is that Milton asserts that “Belial came last, than whom a sprit more lewd / Fell not from Heaven or more gross to love/ Vice for itself…”(Lines 490-492.) He “gently raised their fainting courage and dispelled their fears” (ll.

. PARADISE LOST. Lines 272 - 82 reveal Beelzebub’s response to Satan. © 1970 The Johns Hopkins University Press

Milton further explains that these fallen angels can take various forms on earth in order to deceive people. They are awesome to behold even in their defeated state: “Godlike shapes and forms/ The speaker expresses a great sense of fear for not completely understanding the terms of their fate in hell. This audience would probably be the Elect, those justified through God’s Grace as accorded with Milton’s highly personal form of Christianity, derived from but not identical to Calvinism, either before or during Milton’s life time. endobj More and more rejects flocked down to Satan's home.

Despite the circumstances, he does not address them as though they are defeated, but as if they still have power, calling them “princes, potentates, warriors” (l. 315-316). Called by Satan, they ascend in order one-by-one. Satan narrows it to three reasons; repute, or fame, consent of the angels and tradition, rather than God’s reason, strength or truth.

It is painfully obvious Satan is a flawed character who is completely driven by pride, I don’t feel he was wrong in rebelling. Satan convinces Beelzebub that God is truly a tyrant and that their cause is not lost.

Which is his inspiring speech that rekindles their “spirit”. Satan states that God’s concealment of his power “tempted” the rebel angel’s attempt to take his throne, and ultimately led to their downfall into Hell. In lines 376-391 the narrator commands of the muse to name the fallen angels as they rise from the lake of fire. The speaker’s description of Satan works to show his new found weakness, as his spear, that had been “to equal the tallest pine” was now “but a wand/He walked with to support uneasy steps”. What might this imply about the doctrine of original sin, and about the natural state of the human creature?

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“Here at least we shall be free” says the speaker, even though now that they are not under the supremacy of God, they are under the rule of Satan. Excelling human, Princely Dignities/And Powers that earst in Heaven sat on Thrones” (358-360).

and all our woe" (l.3). It is in Book IX of Paradise Lost that the disguised Satan achieves his end in seducing Eve, persuading her to taste the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. option. The passage is also the transition to an address to the rebel angels around the lake of fire. The legion feels worthy of something, and feel that they belong.

27 - 33: The speaker notes that these gods would be first known in “Ida” and “Crete” (514-15) and how their presence eventually spread throughout Europe to “th’ Hesperian fields” and “utmost isles” (520-21).

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