Paradise Lost | Beelzebub

Beelzebub is the chief of the devils, Satan's "second-in-command." He is the first devil to awaken from his stupor on the fiery lake and is thus the audience for Satan's opening speech (1.84-124). Beelzebub, like Satan/Lucifer, is associated with light—or rather, lost light, for Satan's address to Beelzebub is the first indication of how far indeed they have fallen, and how much they have changed. It is thus appropriate that Beelzebub, the first to join in Satan's plans for rebellion in Heaven, is the first to respond to his exhortations in Hell. Beelzebub's name, in Hebrew, means...

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