ENGL 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter Milton: Astarte
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God, heaven are great: why did adam and eve rebel, the serpent"s fault. Satan tortured in hell and hateful: doesn"t want to repent, beelzebub expresses doubts. Satan said they should act evil in opposition to god: god let him do whatever, satan and beelzebub get up, hail hell"s possibilities! Inspirational speech: fight if you want your change. 2: mamon used to dig up gold, pandemonium. Satan"s short opening speech: moloch: open war. It"s not like things can get worst: belial: that won"t work, we could get worse, mammon: make the best of life in hell, beelzebub: let"s pick on man, council votes for this. Satan: who to do the job: nobody speaks; satan volunteers, end of council. Others entertained themselves with games: or destroyed stuff, or made melodramatic songs, or philosophized, or explored, lethe river, and oblivion beyond that, angels horrified. Sees satan and predicts he"d succeed: man made with free will, god will be forgiving.
