Paradise Lost

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Paradise Lost
Albrecht Durer, Adam and Eve (1504)
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Paradise Lost, Book I

• Synopsis of Book I
• Lines 1-74 Invocation of the Muse

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Paradise Lost, Book I

• Synopsis of Book I
• Lines 1-74 Invocation of the Muse
• Lines 75-270 Satan and Beelzebub wake up
  in Hell

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Paradise Lost, Book I

• Synopsis of Book I
• Lines 1-74 Invocation of the Muse
• Lines 75-270 Satan and Beelzebub wake up
  in Hell
• Lines 271-374 Satan rouses the fallen
  demons

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Paradise Lost, Book I

• Synopsis of Book I
• Lines 1-74 Invocation of the Muse
• Lines 75-270 Satan and Beelzebub wake up
  in Hell
• Lines 271-374 Satan rouses the fallen
  demons
• Lines 375-544 A catalogue of demons

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Paradise Lost, Book I

• Synopsis of Book I
• Lines 1-74 Invocation of the Muse
• Lines 75-270 Satan and Beelzebub wake up
  in Hell
• Lines 271-374 Satan rouses the fallen
  demons
• Lines 375-544 A catalogue of demons
• Lines 545-621 Description of the
  assembling demons

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Paradise Lost, Book I

• Synopsis of Book I
• Lines 1-74 Invocation of the Muse
• Lines 75-270 Satan and Beelzebub wake up
  in Hell
• Lines 271-374 Satan rouses the fallen
  demons
• Lines 375-544 A catalogue of demons
• Lines 545-621 Description of the
  assembling demons
• Lines 622-662 Satan addresses the troops
  calls them to war

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Paradise Lost, Book I

• Synopsis of Book I
• Lines 1-74 Invocation of the Muse
• Lines 75-270 Satan and Beelzebub wake up
  in Hell
• Lines 271-374 Satan rouses the fallen
  demons
• Lines 375-544 A catalogue of demons
• Lines 545-621 Description of the
  assembling demons
• Lines 622-662 Satan addresses the troops
  calls them to war
• Lines 663-798 Host of demons transform
  Hell in preparation for
• War

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Paradise Lost, Book I
Satan addresses the troops
Thrice he assayd, and thrice in spite of
scorn, 620 Tears such as Angels weep,
burst forth at last Words interwove with sighs
found out their way. O Myriads of immortal
Spirits, O Powers Matchless, but with th'
Almighty, and that strife Was not inglorious,
though th' event was dire, As this place
testifies, and this dire change Hateful to utter
but what power of mind Foreseeing or presaging,
from the Depth Of knowledge past or present,
could have fear'd, How such united force of Gods,
how such As stood like these, could ever know
repulse? As stood like these, could ever know
repulse? 630 For who can yet beleeve,
though after loss, That all these puissant
Legions, whose exile Hath emptied Heav'n, shall
faile to re-ascend Self-rais'd, and repossess
their native seat.
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Paradise Lost, Book I
For me, be witness all the Host of
Heav'n, If counsels different, or danger
shun'd By me, have lost our hopes. But he who
reigns Monarch in Heav'n, till then as one
secure Sat on his Throne, upheld by old
repute, Consent or custome, and his Regal
State For who can yet beleeve, though after
loss, That all these puissant Legions, whose
exile Hath emptied Heav'n, shall faile to
re-ascend Self-rais'd, and repossess their native
seat. For me, be witness all the Host of
Heav'n, If counsels different, or danger
shun'd By me, have lost our hopes. But he who
reigns Monarch in Heav'n, till then as one
secure Sat on his Throne, upheld by old
repute, 640 Consent or custome, and his
Regal State Put forth at full, but still his
strength conceal'd, Which tempted our attempt,
and wrought our fall.
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Paradise Lost, Book II

• Synopsis of Book II
• Lines 1-42 Satan calls the Council of
  Demons to Order
• Lines 43-105 Moloch calls for open war
  against Heaven
• Lines 106-225 Belial councils patience
  maybe God will let up
• Lines 228-282 Mammon argues for turning
  Hell into a paradise
• Lines 283-298 Mammons speech is approve
  by many Demons
• Lines 299-429 Beeizebub presents an
  alternative plan
• Instead of attacking God in Heaven they
  will attempt to subvert
• Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
• Lines 430-505 Satan volunteers to
  undertake alone the mission
• to overthrow Adam and Eve in the Garden
  of Eden
• Lines 629-889 Satan journeys out of
  Hell he meets Death
• and Sin at the Gates of Hell
• Lines 890-1055 Satan crosses the void,
  encounters Chaos