Monday, August 6, 2012

Provide a complete description of hell according to Paradise Lost.

In the very long Poem "Paradise Lost" by Milton, I found several descriptions of Hell.  In one section it is described as being:



 “In the abhorred deep to utter woe;




 "Where pain of Unextinguishable fire


Must exercise us without hope of end


The vassals of his anger, when the scourge


Inexorably, and the torturing hour” (line 87-91)"





In the wide womb of uncreated Night,         150


Devoid of sense and motion? and who knows,




"Our prison strong, this huge convex of Fire,   
Outrageous to devour, immures us round   
Ninefold, and gates of burning Adamant   
Barred over us prohibit all egress."




"Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death,  
A universe of death, which God by curse  
Created evil, for evil only good,  
Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds,  
Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things,  
Abominable, inutterable, and worse"



Satan had waged war against God and his angels.  The angels defeated Satan and his devils.  In the sections of the poem as listed, Satan has called together all of his devils in Hell.  He desires to seek vengeance towards God for God creating the place where he has been cast.  He is giving a speech to the devils.  He describes hell in the process of his speech.

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