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As I read Book I — I wondered why Milton refers to earthly and classical places before Satan has yet to discover Earth. It seems that these descriptions of Hell are from the super omniscient narrator, not from any of the fallen angels, and they allow Milton to help his readers grasp the timeless, cosmic narrative by comparisons to the familiar historical world his readers would know.
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*line 63: …”no light, but rather darkness visible / served only to discover sights of woe, / regions of sorrow, doleful shades…” [wow! Now I understand William Styron’s memoir of depression even better.]
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*line 254-5: “ the mind is its own place, and in itself / can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
* line 262: “ better to rain in hell, then serve in heaven”
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav’n ….
* line 690: “ let none admire /that riches grow in hell … learn how their greatest monuments of fame, / and strength and art are easily outdone by spirits reprobate”
Amazing insights into the gilded art of evil …