... Paradise Lost" is quite confusing to read, not only the language, (which I need a dictionary to understand), but also the ideas. I think Milton himself was quite unsure where he really was going with that. From the first view it appeared that the whole book is basically the re-telling of the Book of Genesis, just in ... cannot be surprised that someone rebelled. And why not? We can simply try to relate it to ourselves, how often we rebel against authority. In the case of Satan, his pride got in a way. He couldn't understand, why someone was chosen over him. He feels that his freedom was t...

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