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... God should grant him grace , he would only fall again , more heavily . And so he touches the root of his despair , and sees through to the unchanging quality of his fatal flaw . But Satan's vision of himself is not steady . When he ...
... God should grant him grace , he would only fall again , more heavily . And so he touches the root of his despair , and sees through to the unchanging quality of his fatal flaw . But Satan's vision of himself is not steady . When he ...
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... God , and the best argument of all , selfless dedi- cation to the public cause , can marshal him the way he was going . This argument helps keep alive the symbolic relationship be- tween leader and followers . Again in Book IX , after ...
... God , and the best argument of all , selfless dedi- cation to the public cause , can marshal him the way he was going . This argument helps keep alive the symbolic relationship be- tween leader and followers . Again in Book IX , after ...
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... God's fault , he says in his first long public speech : but still his strength conceal'd , Which tempted our attempt ... God . And alone , Satan will blame God for Satan's vengeance on Adam , and for Paradise's being inadequately fenced ...
... God's fault , he says in his first long public speech : but still his strength conceal'd , Which tempted our attempt ... God . And alone , Satan will blame God for Satan's vengeance on Adam , and for Paradise's being inadequately fenced ...
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Abdiel accepted action Adam and Eve Adam's angels answerable style archetype argument beauty Beelzebub Belial's burning lake C. S. Lewis commentary complete concept conflict consciousness context created creation creature critical Death demonstration dignity discipline dramatic earth echo elevation epic epic simile Eve's evil expression external F. R. Leavis fall fallen feelings final flesh followers formal freedom Garden God's harmony heaven hell human Idea illusion imitation immediate individual intellect internal irony kind knowledge leader man's material matter meaning ment metaphor Milton Milton's style mind moral myth nature Pandemonium Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pattern of sound perhaps perspective physical Plotinus poem poet poetry problem pure Raphael reason rebels relationship responsibility rhythm ridicule Satan Satan and Adam seems self-knowledge self-love sense sensuous soul speech spirit symbolic T. S. Eliot thee things thir thou tion true upward violation vision whole words