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=Summary= | |||
==Book 1== | |||
Prologue; invocation of the muse; show justice of God's greatest plan and the role of Satan's fall in it; Satan lies stunned beside lake in Hell; Satan gathers all the demons beside the lake; specific demons listed, incl. Moloch, Beelzebub, Belial; demons feel shame at their fall; the demons construct a temple (Pandemonium, Greek for "all the demons") | |||
==Book 2== | |||
Satan begins debate in Pandemonium by saying Heaven is not lost, and that they could still defeat God; opens floor; Moloch (fierce fighter) advocates another open war; Belial contradicts him and advocates calm, saying things are not as bad as they could be, says demons should be industrious and make Hell "work"; Beelzebub advises third course of action, corrupting a new race, humans, God will create and love more than angels; Devils break into groups to discuss, Satan finds the gates of Hell and finds two creatures; he discovers they are his offspring, Sin and Death; Satan explains his plan, gains their support; then leaves and flies to Chaos, explains his plan, and gets support of Chaos, Confusion, Discord too | |||
==Book 3== | |||
Heaven; God sees Hell and Satan's plan, sees the future fall of man; God wants to be just, Son wants to be merciful; God says that to show mercy without destroying justice, a sacrifice must be made; Satan feels jealous while flying through the world, and sees the archangel Uriel; he transforms himself into image of angel and asks Uriel about Paradise; Uriel points the way to Paradise | |||
===Book 4=== | |||
Beauty/innocence of Earth remind Satan of before his fall, considers repenting but knows he must continue on his course; enters Eden, is jealous of humans; Adam and Eve working in garden; Uriel and Gabriel suspect there is a demon in Eden, search for him; Satan is found, they prepare to battle, but Satan flees at a sign in heaven | |||
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Revision as of 12:17, 17 April 2011
Summary
Book 1
Prologue; invocation of the muse; show justice of God's greatest plan and the role of Satan's fall in it; Satan lies stunned beside lake in Hell; Satan gathers all the demons beside the lake; specific demons listed, incl. Moloch, Beelzebub, Belial; demons feel shame at their fall; the demons construct a temple (Pandemonium, Greek for "all the demons")
Book 2
Satan begins debate in Pandemonium by saying Heaven is not lost, and that they could still defeat God; opens floor; Moloch (fierce fighter) advocates another open war; Belial contradicts him and advocates calm, saying things are not as bad as they could be, says demons should be industrious and make Hell "work"; Beelzebub advises third course of action, corrupting a new race, humans, God will create and love more than angels; Devils break into groups to discuss, Satan finds the gates of Hell and finds two creatures; he discovers they are his offspring, Sin and Death; Satan explains his plan, gains their support; then leaves and flies to Chaos, explains his plan, and gets support of Chaos, Confusion, Discord too
Book 3
Heaven; God sees Hell and Satan's plan, sees the future fall of man; God wants to be just, Son wants to be merciful; God says that to show mercy without destroying justice, a sacrifice must be made; Satan feels jealous while flying through the world, and sees the archangel Uriel; he transforms himself into image of angel and asks Uriel about Paradise; Uriel points the way to Paradise
Book 4
Beauty/innocence of Earth remind Satan of before his fall, considers repenting but knows he must continue on his course; enters Eden, is jealous of humans; Adam and Eve working in garden; Uriel and Gabriel suspect there is a demon in Eden, search for him; Satan is found, they prepare to battle, but Satan flees at a sign in heaven