Throughout the reading of Paradise Lost I find that I have to continuously remind myself that I’m not reading the Bible and that everything that I am reading is fallible. Like when I find myself resonating with satan when he declares his hate for the suns bright beams in Book 4, or I’m Book 5 when Raphael is telling the story of the time of Jesus’ “Birth” in Heaven, that started the rebellion, or even the fact that God sent Raphael to warn Adam and Eve of Satan’s heinous scheme, thus making their disobedience a more potent offense.
The fact that I have to keep reminding myself of this either points toward How believable these are as background stories that the Bible “Left out” or it points to my gullibility and how easy it is for me to me lulled into a good tale. I’ll go with the Former, it’s more of a paradise that way.
In book four I found the way satan viewed Heaven, Earth and their hosts, very interesting. When he crawls from his little Hole of a Home he takes in the Glory he left behind— Eden, Heaven atop its meridian tower and even the sun which also cursed! He even acknowledges his wrongdoing that got him cast into Hell— His “Pride and worse ambition”— and the futility of the Rebellion he led and continues to lead. He refers to God as the Unmatched creator, but then in the blink of an eye switches character again and says his goodbyes to his Remorse, Hope and Fear. Virtually in my mind he’s saying “goodbye Cruel, Cruel World!!” Whilst feigned heatstroke because I’m my mind Satan is just scar from The Lion King.
When he Looks up to the Heavens and sees his brother flying around amongst the clouds and sunbeams and seems to hold them on a high pedestal. That is, until He and Gabriel get into a spat where they toss insults back and forth like good brothers do. But this conversation ends in probably the best way it could have (well it could have been many other things, but this is good too), Gabriel tells Satan that if He’s still above ground within the next Hour, He would drag him back to his trashcan of a home in chains.
To say the least this is already a beautiful depiction of what the fall could have looked like. It was as a good source of fuel for my commentary.
Remember the scenes in the book ARE NOT an actually account of the Fall. You’ve been fairly warned.
I commented on Cade’s and Sydney’s posts.
The fact that I have to keep reminding myself of this either points toward How believable these are as background stories that the Bible “Left out” or it points to my gullibility and how easy it is for me to me lulled into a good tale. I’ll go with the Former, it’s more of a paradise that way.
In book four I found the way satan viewed Heaven, Earth and their hosts, very interesting. When he crawls from his little Hole of a Home he takes in the Glory he left behind— Eden, Heaven atop its meridian tower and even the sun which also cursed! He even acknowledges his wrongdoing that got him cast into Hell— His “Pride and worse ambition”— and the futility of the Rebellion he led and continues to lead. He refers to God as the Unmatched creator, but then in the blink of an eye switches character again and says his goodbyes to his Remorse, Hope and Fear. Virtually in my mind he’s saying “goodbye Cruel, Cruel World!!” Whilst feigned heatstroke because I’m my mind Satan is just scar from The Lion King.
When he Looks up to the Heavens and sees his brother flying around amongst the clouds and sunbeams and seems to hold them on a high pedestal. That is, until He and Gabriel get into a spat where they toss insults back and forth like good brothers do. But this conversation ends in probably the best way it could have (well it could have been many other things, but this is good too), Gabriel tells Satan that if He’s still above ground within the next Hour, He would drag him back to his trashcan of a home in chains.
To say the least this is already a beautiful depiction of what the fall could have looked like. It was as a good source of fuel for my commentary.
Remember the scenes in the book ARE NOT an actually account of the Fall. You’ve been fairly warned.
I commented on Cade’s and Sydney’s posts.
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