Paradise LostBooks II

• Second invocation of the muse• From Hell to Heaven with God watching all the events that took place• God knows what will happen next, lets man decide for his life with free will

• The Son asks God how mercy can be given without destroying justice• Someone worthy must offer to die to pay for man’s sin• Son immediately offers himself

• Returns to Satan and the nothingness of Earth• Sees an enormous kingly gate in the skies, guarding Heaven• Flies up to it, sees the entire creation• Sees golden sun and flies towards it

• Sees Archangel Uriel• Satan transforms into a cherub• Flawless speech and transformation•Uriel was impressed with cherub’s zeal and directs him to Paradise

• “The Prologue to Light” serves as a personal note• The problem of embodying perfection and the trinity•Scenes in Heaven not as vigorous and urgent compared to the ones in Hell• “predetermined existence”

Analysis

• Satan and the significance of fraud

Analysis