Several of the fallen angels take turns speaking their pieces about which course of action will prove the most prudent. ... The democracy', then, was merely a fazade put on by Satan and Beelzebub to keep the fallen angels loyal by letting them think that they had some power in the decision-making. ... - God inquires of the angels (PL, III). ... There is no talk of vengeance on the fallen at all. ... The fallen angels, in accordance with their characters, are lower to the ground, deceitful and corrupt, while the heavenly host remains erect - a symbol of its uprightness and holiness. ...

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In Books 1 and 2 of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, the action focuses firmly on the fallen angels and, specifically, Satan. ... Satan is an "arch angel ruined", a fallen angel. Once called Lucifer, he was one of the most powerful angels in Heaven. Now he is the leader of the fallen, and he burns in eternal pain in the depths of Hell, a place of pure torture created by God before the rebellion, to hold all those that followed Satan. ... He is, however, undoubtedly heroic, and with God, nor Adam or Eve so far not mentioned except in passing, and the only words being spoken by th...

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This where I believe Milton tried to instill the evil in Satan by having his passion come from jealousy, but too many people overlooked this and still felt for the fallen angel. ... Satan does not come up with his idea to get revenge on God by himself, he has the help of the angels that fought for him. ... Satan told this to Beelzebub, one of the fallen angels. ... There is a definite possibility that another fallen angel can take control of hell, but Satan's charisma leads the others to believe no one else is more fit for the job. ... All of the angels at his command does not out-weigh ...

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Satan was once one of the highest angels in Heaven, and was know as Lucifer, the light bearer. ... Satan is described to be the brightest and most important angel (McColley, 32). ... Because Satan was seen as the most powerful angel in heaven, this helps him greatly in his rebellion because the other angels look up to him because he was the greatest. ... Satan was able to persuade "one-third of all the angels in heaven" (McColley, 19) to join with him in his rebellion. ... Satan and the other fallen angels are in hell and Satan tells the others to not be frightened, when he is frightened as...

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Paradise Lost by John Milton is an epic that talks about a married couple named Adam and Eve that lives in a garden. John Milton wanted to make them as sort of hero types and not referring to the original Adam and Eve. This epic deals with temptations and making choices under pressure. Epics deal...

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Satan's essence is embodied in the fact that he is a fallen angel. ... Meadows 3 These lines, spoken by Beëlzebub, at the instruction of Satan, close the argument among the fallen angels as to what course of action they should take, now that they reside in Hell. ...

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Satan's essence is embodied in the fact that he is a fallen angel. ... Meadows 3 These lines, spoken by Beëlzebub, at the instruction of Satan, close the argument among the fallen angels as to what course of action they should take, now that they reside in Hell. ...

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Blake again establishes the bond between prophets and the fires of Hell by telling of an angel who, having been converted by a devil, embraces the fire and, consumed by it, arises as the prophet Elijah. ... But first, Man must be liberated and his perceptions made clean so that "everything would appear to man as it is, infinite," and this all important task has fallen on one William Blake, prophet, author, & printer. ... Another possible concern suggests itself in Blake's fantasy of the Angel's fate-all of Blake's anxiety may just as well be ascribed to the somewhat...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Dante's, Inferno,. Looking at the "poetic justice" of the inferno the reader has to think why are some serious sins today like murder less punishable than less serious sins like fraud. But before Dante descends into the many levels of hell we are introduced to Purgatory, where you your sins ...

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Having fallen from God's graces, the human race has ever since quested after ways to claim our righteous seat next to God, in essence reclaiming our once-lost immortality. ... Satan, with the help of his rebel angels "aspired to set himself in glory above his peers" while Ethan Brand did the same and was tormented with a life of having to "endure the kind contact with low and vulgar modes of thought and feeling" that he despised. ...

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