Satan, stunned, lies in a lake of fire that gives off darkness instead of light. Breaking the awful silence, Satan speaks to his second-in-command, Beelzebub, bemoaning their terrible position. He does not repent of his rebellion against God, suggesting instead that they might gather their forces for another attack. Beelzebub is doubtful. He now believes that God cannot be overpowered. Satan does not contradict Beelzebub's assessment, but he does suggest the possibility of perverting God's good works to evil purposes. The two devils rise up and fly to the dry land next to the flaming lake.

Once out of the lake, Satan becomes more optimistic. He calls to his legions, the fallen angels who followed Satan in defying God and have so become devils. The fallen angels obey Satan immediately, joining him on land despite their wounds and suffering. Milton lists some of the notable angels whose names have been erased from the books of Heaven. He says that later, in the time of man, many of these devi

Foreshadowing - Eve's vanity at seeing her reflection in the lake; Satan's transformation into a snake

Symbols - The Scales in the Sky; Adam's Wreath

Climax - Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge

ls will be worshipped as gods. Among these fallen angels are Moloch, later known as a god requiring human sacrifices, and Belial, later known as a lewd and lustful god. The fallen angels still wear their war attire and hold banners, shields, and spears in hand. Even in defeat, they are an awesome army to behold.

Throughout the first two or three books of Paradise Lost, Satan seems to be the hero of the poem. This is partly because the poem focuses entirely on him and partly because the first books establish his struggle and cast it in a sometimes sympathetic light. Satan finds himself defeated and banished from Heaven, and sets about establishing a new course for himself and those he leads. Learning about Satan's struggle makes us see Satan as the protagonist, for typically the hero or protagonist of any narrative is the character who struggles to accomplish something. Later books, however, reveal that Satan is decidedly the antagonist. Milton plays with tradition by focusing the first quarter of his epic on the antagonist rather than the protagonist.

Although cast down into Hell, Satan does not repent of his envious, freedom-loving ways. He says that the mind can make its own Hell out of Heaven, or in his case, its own Heaven out of Hell. He also insists that he prefers ruling Hell to serving God in Heaven. Satan addresses his comrades, acknowledging the shame of succumbing to the heavenly forces. He suggests a meeting at which t

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