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the tenth on bended knee
Satan is made to bend the knee, an act of submission to God. Although not voluntarily.
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So cheard he his fair Spouse, and she was cheard, But silently a gentle tear let fall
The dream is the announcement of the first disobedience of man. Adam shows compassion and emphasizes her innocence and incapability to sin. "In thee can harbour none". During the real act, God shows the opposite. Knowledge ends the dream they were living.
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And he called this woman Pandora, because all the gods who abide in Olympus gave her as a gift, a pain for grain eating man. (works and days, verse 80). Mind that the gifts are not all good: and he ordered Hermes to put inside her an intent that is doglike and a temperament that is stealthy. .. and within her breast the messenger and argos killer fashioned falsehoods, crafty words, and a stelthy disposition.
Pandora is created by Zeus (through Hepaistos) to punish mankind for deceiving him.<br> The act of deceiving/outsmarting can be seen as an attempt of being equal to the gods. An act of defiance.
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But follow strait, invisibly thus led?
Eve needs guidance, God's voice, to become self aware.<br> Eve is physical (rib / flesh) and mentally dependent on Adam (my guide and head). When that balance is disturbed: when instead of Adam Eve is providing guidance, the paradise is lost. Eve is like Até, the Greek goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly.
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Had not a voice thus warnd me, What thou seest, What there thou seest fair Creature is thy self,
Eve needs guidance, Adam's voice, to become self aware, self conscience. The question "what I was" is answered. Eve is physical and mentally dependent on Adam. When that balance is disturbed: when Eve is providing guidance advising to eat the apple, the paradise is lost.
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To wreck on innocent frail man his loss
My pain is your pain. Man is the scapegoat of Satan.
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The sharpest sighted Spirit of all in Heav'n; Who to the fraudulent Impostor foule
If Uriel cannot see the evil, how can men do? It is all part of the plan of God. In that way God and Zeus are alike. They design fate. It all meant to be like this.
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To serve him better: wise are all his wayes.
Men serve better because they die. Heavenly creatures do not. The reward to do Godś bidding or being his slave is heaven so they serve him better.
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Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing, Escap't the Stygian Poo
The narrator took the identity of satan to write book 1 and 2, like an actor and now is returning to the light, returning to his own identity, like a prophet.
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all things shall be your prey
on earth. Satan introduces death and sin on earth while God introduces eternal live and love.
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Where I reign King, and to enrage thee more, Thy King and Lord? Back to thy punishment, False fugitive,
"Better to reign in hell, than to serve in heaven". Now Satan finds out that he is king of nothing.
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learn by proof, Hell-born, not to contend with Spirits of Heav'n.
Satan is not hell born, like sin and death. He is from heaven, so be warned :-) .
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Before the Gates there sat
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In discourse more sweet [ 555 ] (For Eloquence the Soul, Song charms the Sense
Like the sirenes odyssey xii 184- 191. Sweet sounds of the voices that come from our mouths, and he who listens will not only expierience great pleasure before he goes back home but will also far more knowledgeable than before.. All is a lie off course.
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They vote:
Satan is no leader or absolute ruler as he presents himself. In fact he has nothing to say in the matter and it is decided for him.
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and his Sentence pleas'd, Advising peace: for such another Field They dreaded worse then Hell: so much the fear Of Thunder and the Sword of Michael
Evil is scared of a even worse fate than hell. They prefer peace; they are cowards.
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But perhaps [ 70 ] The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe.
Al least Moloc has some self insight and all his advice turns out to be dreams or illusions or proud imaginations.
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the Torturer
AKA God.
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might draw [ 25 ] Envy from each inferior
Here Satan claims he is inferior because he envied the throne of god, waged war and lost. Rather ironic that he mentions it as a benefit from hell.
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Did first create your Leader, next free choice,
Like God created Adam first as his equal , he created Satan also first (and equal). And then free choice... . Free choice is a gift that makes a being.
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and another kind of creature equal or not much inferiour to themselves
The other creature is the snake. Since this creature is equal or not much inferior than themselves it makes them ridiculous. All the grandeur of Satan from book 1 is deflated when he put himself on the same level of a snake.
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cruel his eye, but castSigns of remorse and passion to behold
a beautiful contrast , cruelty and remorse and passion. (of what?) Of what things he did or the battle he is going to wage but is surely lost...
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In loss it self; which on his count'nance castLike doubtful hue: but he his wonted pride
Beautiful words but what does it mean? Help is appreciated.
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Next came oneWho mourn'd in earnest
Like the cescent of Odysseus into Hades: spirits pass by
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the Flowr of Heav'n, once yours, now lost
flower of heaven: a flower has a temporal beauty, cut in his prime and then dies: once yours now lost...
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New courage and revive
Once they hear that voice .. new courage and revive. Satan brings hope in hell. A battlecry.
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Receive thy new Possessor: One who bringsA mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time.
Satan the new king / possessor of hell. He brings his quality: a good functioning independent free mind.
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What reinforcement we may gain from Hope, [ 190 ]If not what resolution from despare.
Beautiful words. Hope gives strength, if that does now work: hate wil do also do nicely...
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As being the contrary to his high will
There is no "good" without "evil" : the same that you won't have day or night. Satan brings balance, it is his being.
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Sole reigning holds the Tyranny of Heav'n.
It all depends from which viewpoint you look. Tyranny from God: who is good of evil?
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deep despare
A contrast with the boldness of 105 all is not lost etc. Is satan saying those words without confidence? Empty threats? He already lost from god.
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Instruct me, for Thou know'st
The Muses tell him what they saw and heard. The writers mind is supposed to see and hear what the muses saw and heard. It gives authority and he is speaking the truth because he is directly connected to the goddesses of memory...
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