1. Satan and Jesus in Paridise Lost
In his essay, "Notes on Elizabethan Classicists," Pound accuses Milton of "asinine bigotry," and dislikes the "coarseness of his mentality." ... Satan is in Hell because he rebelled against God and God cast him with the rebel angels out of Heaven. ... Not willing to confront the angels of Heaven, Satan resorts to disguise and to lying. ... The angels of Heaven battled the rebel angels for several days, but the conflict was a draw. ... After none in Heaven dares to die in the place of fallen man, the Son pleads with the Father, "Behold me then, me for him, life for life / I offer, on me let thi...
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