... by the legislation of the two councils. In the citadel Pandemonium, Satan takes a highly democratic approach to his decision making. Several of the fallen angels take turns speaking their pieces about which course of action will prove the most prudent. This seems like the fairest way possible to carry out ... who is away on such a noble' mission. The democracy', then, was merely a fazade put on by Satan and Beelzebub to keep the fallen angels loyal by letting them think that they had some power in the decision-making. Satan had carefully planned his scheme and worked the manipulation of h...

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... persuade others to follow him in his rebellion. When Satan says, "to govern, not to serve" (Anderson, 135) he emphasizes liberty and encourages the other angels in heaven to all join him and his rebellion (McColley, 22). Milton devotes a lot of time to the rebellion scene showing the reader how significant and ... his eyes. Satan gives many speeches throughout the epic that proves that he is persuasive character. Satan was able to persuade "one-third of all the angels in heaven" (McColley, 19) to join with him in his rebellion. Satan gave speeches to his followers that would raise their ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... exemplifies the war of yes and no, the war of good and evil that escalates throughout the novel until it reaches the final breaking point. In an existence so convoluted, a fallen angel becomes a beacon of hope and salvation in an otherwise dark journey. This angel is Lucifer. "Unlike most rouges, who tended to be hotheads an malcontents and very often dangerous ... , soft spoken and beautiful." (pg 59) Naturally this rouge angel chose the form of a woman in direct opposition to a misogynist society and a God who has " no women and no female angels" (pg 72) in his retinue and relegates th...

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• Grade Level: High School