“Of Man’s first disobedience and the fruit

And justify the ways of God to men.”

Of course in every epic poem, there is a hero, and this one is no different, but who is the real hero in this book? Is it G-d, his Son, Satan, Adam, Eve or the Angels? I really believe that the real hero is Satan, though of course

Thee what thou art, and formed the Power of Heave

Or high foreknowledge; they themselves decreed

”High matter thou enjoin’st me, O prime of Men,

So the angels have free will. They can think for themselves, they can decide for themselves, they can even be unsure of certain things. We can see an example of this when Raphael, whom G-d sends to Adam, doesn’t know how to go about telling him the whole story of what happened in Heaven and what danger lies ahead for humankind. Raphael, acting on the orders from above, is at loss of word.

Their own revolt, not I: if I foreknew,

To know ye right, or if ye know yourselves

By those words, G-d says that everyone has as Thomas Hobbes says of man “The liberty each man hath, to use his own power, and he will him selfe, for the preservation of his own Nature” So it is not only Man who has free will, but all the Supreme Beings as well.

Some topics in this essay:
Adam Eve, III G-d, Thomas Hobbes, Sons Heaven, Heaven Satan, Eve Angels, Warring Spirits…, Raphael G-d, Book Genesis, Exodus Roman, adam eve, real hero, book iii, milton takes care, angels free, human sense, sad task, course intended, evil course, thomas hobbes, satan adam eve, book iii g-d, iii g-d,