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Satan has arrived in paradise. Gabriel & his cherubim find him. The two angels smack talk each other. Then Satan flees rather than engage in battle. He’s clearly going to use words as weapons and confound the others with his purpose.
— Sep 16, 2026 06:19PM
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Martha Erskine
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S feels he has the upper hand bec he knows evil, and G does not. He is experienced, G is innocent.
— Sep 16, 2026 06:20PM
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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.
— Aug 27, 2026 08:46AM