Now they will truly see the aftermath of their sin.

The first letters to each of these lines spell out Satan.

Jekyll & Hyde personality that Satan has sometimes when he appreciates and yearns the good and beautiful things God created.

As Satan observed the world he was mesmerized by the beauty. Soon enough he snapped out of it and reminded himself of his mission to bring the humans down and to go against what God has done, only then will he feel better.

Why do you all think Milton thought it was important for the reader to know what Adam's initial memories were?

Adam is lonely, he needs someone to talk to.

God spoke to Adam while he was asleep after he created him. He visited Adam in his sleep to be his guide in this new world.

I enjoying exploring ideas of the world's creation from a religious point a view to the science aspect of it. They usually leave me feeling even more confused and curious. Overall for book 7 it interesting to see Milton's translate the creation from the bible. One thing I was confused about was how he mentions the son is the one that was appointed the job but then in the story and in the bible it says "God said let there be light".

Sunday Funday

Tiny animals of Nature.

"An insignificantly small portion or thing."

Milton is describing how this world was made. From the bible, Genesis I "1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was barren, with no form of life; it was under a roaring ocean covered with darkness. But the Spirit of God was moving over the water.

The First Day

3 God said, "I command light to shine!" And light started shining. 4 God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness 5 and named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening came and then morning and that was the first day."

That is so cute and sweet, Adam kisses Eve to prevent her from continuing to cry.

Something that I thought after reading this book is, why would God let go of Satan if he wanted to ban him to hell. If what Milton says is correct about predestination, the angels found and were going to send Satan back but God pretty much let him go. This to me seems a little like predestination because it seems like God already knows what's going to happen and is letting it happen.

Satan turned into an animal to get closer to Adam and Eve to hear their convo.

The couple will no longer be happy once he gets his way and turns them evil and go to hell.

No matter where Satan goes he feels like he's in hell. That is because he is really upset for what happened.

For this last book, it is scary to think what Milton wrote could be true. No one really is sure what happens after we pass away. What if the "end of the world" happens while we are alive on earth or what if that is all a myth. It really puts me to pull apart what I was told growing up to what life has taught me to believe and see. Overall all three books so far have been intriguing. I can see why Paradise Lost is considered to be a great literature piece.

He's saying that everyone, good angels, Satan, bad angels, mankind make their own decisions, there is no such thing as predestination.

In the end of book two, the connection between Satan, Sin and Death was very interesting. It's similar to the greek mythology (Zeus married his sister etc ). Additionally, I always thought of Death as a separate entity no direct ties with either heaven or hell just a neutral force. This book in regards to Death paints a different more direct connection with Satan/hell.

This reminds me of the story Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, when no one would volunteer and then King Arthur gets up and volunteers.

Nobody wanted to volunteer as tribute :/

Majority like Beelz' plan the best!

Based on this story, since Satan was the one who started this revolt, I am surprised he is considering the opinions of others.

This reminds me of the story where the man/King wanted everything he touched to turn to gold, then he turned his daughter into gold I think. I see a correlation there.

Satan is telling his squad that God is creating a new world (with Adam & Eve).

If I am reading this correct, Satan was crying & in front of his followers. I was trying to think, what could Milton be symbolizing with Satan's tears? Could it be like when someone does something wrong/bad then they begin to feel remorseful but in the end they don't regret what they did and then they're like oh well the show must go on?

Milton used a simile to compare how fast the fallen angels got up. He says they got up as fast as when a boss catches an employee sleeping on the job.

Satan was able to endure the heat/flames from this fire lake that has land/soil aka shore. When he reaches it he notices the fallen bad angels who are scattered.

Satan is very large, and Milton compares him to mythical creatures yet is still bigger than those.

What is the game plan, and how will we repair our losses? Satan & Beelz discuss.

Beelz tells Satan, he thinks the only reason they still feel strong or alive is so God can finish punishing them.

When Satan sees his friend Beelz from heaven after they fall. Satan has a hard time recognizing him because he looks different from how he looked in heaven.

Milton is reaching out to all gods and goddess to help him convey to the reader the storyline of what occured.

In this reading I like how the King is expressing himself versus in the courtroom how he decided to stay quiet. Although I'm not entirely sure who is really at fault, I like how the king is confident with the idea that God knows what really happened so I don't feel the need to say my side of the story, and I hope the truth will come out and set me free. Or it could also be that he thinks well im the King and I shouldn't need to explain myself.

As I read the Lord President making his case against the King, I tried to picture what the King's facial expressions and body language could've been like. Was he maybe so annoyed or actually showing concern. Hmmm...

For this reading, initially I was captured by the fantasy and adventure. I enjoyed how there was different aspects to this new world. Cavendish, did a great job at really panting a picture of this Blazing world and its inhabitants. At the beginning when she was granted the role as Empress I didn't really imagine she would take initiative to try and be educated with the process and to make changes and inputs. That part was interesting and a different approach I was not expecting. It may have been a representation from her current time where maybe not many women were taken seriously in the science field so maybe she wanted to say in this world they are. Additionally, after she wrote in herself in the story I think that was an interesting approach as well. She may have felt very proud of her knowledge in the science/philosophy field but felt unappreciated so maybe this was her way of letting people know I am a force to be taken serious. I noticed repetition in the story along with some symbolic characters. Lastly, I thought the story was interesting and creative, I personally am not a fan of science so I was a little lost in those areas and were not my favorite.

a beautiful maze!

I noticed the author has mentioned boats a few times so far. Could this be maybe repetition? What if she mentions it because during her time boats were important to have but hard to get and maybe she thought I'm sure in the future everyone will have access to one. Just a thought!

It is interesting how the author uses her imagination to write about something that hasn't been invented yet. She might have thought maybe one day we will also have boats that will be similar to this one.

For me the first story or writing was a bit difficult to understand so I had to reread it a few times. By taking more time to read it, that helped me understand the message the author was trying to get across. For the rest of the stories or writings the english was easier to understand. I really appreciated how the writer used the biblical story of Adam and Eve as a claim to show how even though this fault was committed it shouldn't continue to effect women during her time or today. She made many valid points and it was a great work of literature.

I like this statement because the author is saying if you still consider a women to be evil then the source of the evil must of come from the man Eve was made from.

I like this part of the reading because initially she mentioned what her case was going to be about. She supported her argument with facts about virtuous women (religious&nonreligious references) and now she is requesting everyone to respect and talk only good things about females.

In the paragraph/section above she mentions two suns a source of light that gives her comfort. Then these lines turn to an opposite sad comparison. Maybe she's saying I have felt this down before but both God/Christ and the Queen have given her comfort and inspiration?

Sounds like she is she is saying her daughter is the spitting image of her.

Greek God of the Sun

Endowed: provide with a quality, ability or asset. The author may be saying, the Queen has three qualities of three Goddesses, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. The three abilities made the Queen a triple threat.

For this reading, it is interesting to see that during this time people put gender roles into text. The first one to me seemed it was like a forewarning to men during this time to inform how women really are or maybe how they are changing and when they aren't even worth as much as a man. The second was a response to the first story coming from a woman in a form of a valid argument. She may have been young but she was a strong young woman to be able to speak her mind during a time like this. The last reading was a bit more confusing because he would list his reasons as to why it is that way but then he would list okay yes a man and a woman are equal or similar. Like when he compared the head and the heart. It also reminded me of an article we see now a days where it list "how to treat a women" for example.

I like this part because, the author of the previous reading was using a lot of bible references to plead his cause and here she also was pointing out if you are going to be using the bible you should also see this verse. Which I think it says don't talk bad about your brothers and sisters.

After reading this poem the Lie, I came back to this line. The initial thought I had was I think Sir Walter Raleigh felt betrayed by the Queen and his country. Maybe he wrote this poem before he was going to be killed and felt to really express what he thought about everything. How he felt the government at the time was, how he was faithful to the Queen and survived his life for her then in the end he was put in jail and was killed. So maybe he thought my life is coming to an end, I've observed all of this but after I die my soul will live on.

To me this poem sounds like he is wishing he could freeze time and be with his love forever. They would both be young and in the stage of the relationship where it revolves around love. If it would stay like this then they wouldn't have to worry about bad things happening or time/life eventually ruining something good.

I agree with my classmates above. Although the message is a dark one to say goodbye to love, he makes the words he paired together sound beautiful. Yet at the same time he makes me feel a sad and down with the message he is trying to get across. I tend to put myself in his shoes while he was writing this poem. Imagining the emotional state he was in plus having to ponder back to really feel the pain again to put into words. Very sad.

The Ottoman Empire became so large and it's reign lasted over 600 years. The Empire conquered over 12 countries, which represents the "Power" this line is referring to. The Sultans showed no mercy and killed many people through the different battles over the centuries.

Online it translates this biblical phrase as "God brought Jerusalem and her inhabitants into being, and blessed them with His favor". So pretty much the people of Jerusalem.

Is Lady Jane insinuating the Catholic Church/priests are corrupt?

That's is sad Lady Jane, growing up was not allowed to play or have fun. She had to do what her parents said or else she was physically disciplined. Although, she did not have a free or great childhood she found a silver lining, which was her teacher who was gentle with her. She also found books and learning as her outlet.

I can see where she is coming from, she saw how the people of England did not doubt her father one bit. He had affairs and remarried not once but twice. Yet she was interesting in marrying Philip II for the benefit of the country they start trying to overthrow her from being Queen.

I enjoyed reading these parts of Margery Kempe's maybe autobiography. Even if it was not real, she had a great imagination and was able to write something that people could relate to about figurative demons and change their lives for the better. Her book has lived on through generations and has help future generations like ours to take a look back at what life was like for a woman in the 14th century in Europe.

Kempe says she came from a wealthy family growing up unlike her husband.

I looked up the meaning for purple in church and it says: "it anticipates the pain and suffering of the crucifixion, and secondly because purple is the colour associated with royalty, and celebrates Christ's resurrection and sovereignty". So maybe he appeared in this color as a sign to remember he suffered and died on the cross and gave his life so she wouldn't have to live in pain if she has faith in him.

For me I very much enjoyed reading about King Arthur. I know many people are familiar with him but for me Shakespeare, is what stuck with me more from school. In the story there was a lot of betrayal that took place but I was also surprised at the loyalty that some of the nights had for Sir Launcelot. It was surprising since knights are meant to be by the King's side till death especially to a King like King Arthur! This story also reminded me of Tristian and Yseult. Not the part of the love potion but more about the betrayal and how Sir Launcelot came back for her to make sure she was going to be safe. This to me confirms that there was a fine line between the desire the knights had for the Queen and their duty as knights to the King. In the Sir Gawain stories he seemed more understanding but in this story he was adamant on pursuing revenge for Sir Launcelot's betrayal on the King and more so the death of his brothers.