Paradise Lost (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Milton
- First Published: 1667
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: Creation of the world
- Setting: Heaven, Hell, and Earth
- Principal Characters: God the Father, Christ the Son, Lucifer, Adam, Eve
- Genres: Poetry, Epic, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Creation myth, Sin or Original sin, Religion, Antiheroes, God, Christianity, Good and evil, Hell, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Jesus Christ, Devils or demons, Earth, Theology, Demonology, Heaven, Satan or Satanism, Angels
- Locales: Hell, Earth, Heaven, Eden
The Story:
In Heaven, Lucifer, unable to abide the supremacy of God, led a revolt against divine authority. Defeated, he and his followers were cast into Hell, where they lay nine days on a burning lake. Lucifer, now called Satan, arose from the flaming pitch and vowed that all was not lost, that he would have revenge for his downfall. Arousing his legions, he reviewed them under the canopy of Hell and decided his purposes could be achieved by guile rather than by force.
Under the direction of Mulciber, the forces of evil built an elaborate palace, Pandemonium, in which...
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