Paradise Lost by John Milton is one of my favorite poets and poems. I find it ironic that Syria is mentioned here in the summary. It has been a number of years since I have read it. I had a complete book of english poets but somewhere along the way I misplaced it. The poem opens with an invocation; that's when the speaker asks the muses - ancient deities thought to inspire poetry and art - to inspire him, give him the ability to perform, etc. We see speakers talk to their muses in the beginning of a lot of epic poems; The poem opens with an invocation; that's when the speaker asks the muses - ancient deities thought to inspire poetry and art - to inspire him, give him the ability to perform, etc. We see speakers talk to their muses in the beginning of a lot of epic poems; He asks the muses to sing about "man's first disobedience" (1), the Forbidden Fruit, his exile from Eden, his eventual redemption through Jesus Christ, etc. Soon, the scene shifts to a burning inferno; we're in Hell with Satan, only Hell isn't below the earth but somewhere way out in the middle of nowhere, a place Milton calls Chaos. Milton's universe is tricky, so we'll give you a quick lay of the land. Basically, the created universe (the earth, the sun, the planets, the stars, etc.) is an enclosed globe or spherical structure. This structure hangs from Heaven by a golden chain. Everything outside the sphere and Heaven is called Chaos, with Hell at the end opposite to Heaven and the universe. Head over to "Best of the Web" to see some pictures. Satan looks around bewildered; apparently he's just fallen from Heaven and hasn't quite adjusted to his new surroundings. It's hot, and there's a weird "darkness visible" all around. He notices his first mate, Beelzebub. Satan addresses Beelzebub, saying he doesn't look like the friend he knew in Heaven (apparently, the fallen angels have also undergone a change in appearance as well as location). Satan describes how he and a bunch of other angels fought with God and lost. Although they've been beaten, all is not lost. Beelzebub responds, saying that he's upset and worried about the current state of affairs. He suggests that the only reason they still feel strong and courageous - still feel alive - is so that they can completely experience their punishment and satisfy God's "vengeful ire." Satan responds, saying that their goal from now on is to be evil: "To do ought good never will be our task, / But ever to do ill our sole delight" (1.159-60). If God does something good, they will try to screw it up. Satan suggests that he and Beelzebub move to a nearby plain and think about how to war against God, deal with the horrors of their circumstances, and repair their losses. As Satan moves towards the plain, the narrator describes him: he is much bigger than any of the famous giants of classical mythology or the bible. He is so big, a sailor might mistake him for an island and attempt to moor his boat there. He moves off the lake and flies - these fallen angels still have their wings - to the plain, which is also burning. Beelzebub eventually follows him. Satan looks around and says it's not so bad because he'd rather be as far from God as possible. He then suggests that his forces reassemble on the plain so they can figure out a plan of action. Satan goes to the shore of the burning lake to beckon the fallen angels; his shield is almost as big as the moon and his spear is much bigger than the biggest mast of a ship. The fallen angels are scattered on the lake like a whole bunch of leaves, or just like a whole bunch of reeds in the Red Sea. Satan addresses the fallen angels, and he can't believe they've been vanquished. He tells them to rise up now, or remain fallen forever. They rise up very quickly, as if they've been caught napping while on duty (that's Milton's comparison not ours!). The angels assemble in squadrons, just like an organized army. There are a ton of them! The leaders of the squadrons assemble close to Satan, the "great commander." These leaders will eventually become the various pagan deities described in the Old Testament (the first half of the Bible that deals with the times before Jesus) that the Israelites worshipped (sinfully) alongside God. The first to come is Moloch, who is covered in blood. He somehow deceived Solomon - an Old Testament king - to build a temple for him. Next comes Chemos; after the Israelites made it out of Egypt, they started spending a lot of time with non-Hebrew peoples and eventually started worshipping this guy. With Chemos and Moloch come Baalim and Ashtaroth. Both of these are general words to refer to types of male and female pagan deities found in the region that is now the modern-day middle east, 💔especially Syria, Iraq, Israel, and Jordan. Astoreth or Astarte, as the Phoenicians called her, also comes with the fallen angels. She was worshipped by Phoenician virgins and also by the Israelites in their promised land! Thammuz comes next; he was supposedly wounded every year, which caused the river Adonis to become a purplish color because of his blood. Next comes Dagon, a Philistine sea-god whose upper half is man, the lower fish. After him comes Rimmnon, a deity worshipped in what is now modern-day Syria. Next come the bestial and beastly Egyptian gods with animal heads - Isis, Osiris, and Orus. The last to arrive is Belial; nobody ever built a temple for him, but he can be found everywhere. He loves vice for itself, and is associated with insolent debauchery
smartangel10 Have you read Paradise Lost? I have a hard time with it, it's like reading Hamlet. That Lilith has been written out of the Bible is sad, like how people don't believe that Jesus had bothers and sisters or that Mary Magdalene was Jesus's wife, not some whore he picked up on the side.
smartangel10 Do you think they could ever do a movie version? I heard a few years ago Hollywood was working on it, covering Satan's arrive in Hell and the war in Heaven, but it was shelved because they said it would be to expensive to do. I think it could be done now but if Satan is the central character, do you show him as a sympathetic character or show him as a prideful lunatic? It would be a challenging script to write, especially showing Hell without God looking like an tyrant.
Our teacher showed it to us.I finally understand thank you.
This is an amazing video. I showed it to my classes today and I've never seen them so engrossed. Thank you for sharing.
Paradise Lost by John Milton is one of my favorite poets and poems. I find it ironic that Syria is mentioned here in the summary. It has been a number of years since I have read it. I had a complete book of english poets but somewhere along the way I misplaced it.
The poem opens with an invocation; that's when the speaker asks the muses - ancient deities thought to inspire poetry and art - to inspire him, give him the ability to perform, etc. We see speakers talk to their muses in the beginning of a lot of epic poems; The poem opens with an invocation; that's when the speaker asks the muses - ancient deities thought to inspire poetry and art - to inspire him, give him the ability to perform, etc. We see speakers talk to their muses in the beginning of a lot of epic poems;
He asks the muses to sing about "man's first disobedience" (1), the Forbidden Fruit, his exile from Eden, his eventual redemption through Jesus Christ, etc.
Soon, the scene shifts to a burning inferno; we're in Hell with Satan, only Hell isn't below the earth but somewhere way out in the middle of nowhere, a place Milton calls Chaos.
Milton's universe is tricky, so we'll give you a quick lay of the land. Basically, the created universe (the earth, the sun, the planets, the stars, etc.) is an enclosed globe or spherical structure. This structure hangs from Heaven by a golden chain. Everything outside the sphere and Heaven is called Chaos, with Hell at the end opposite to Heaven and the universe. Head over to "Best of the Web" to see some pictures.
Satan looks around bewildered; apparently he's just fallen from Heaven and hasn't quite adjusted to his new surroundings. It's hot, and there's a weird "darkness visible" all around.
He notices his first mate, Beelzebub.
Satan addresses Beelzebub, saying he doesn't look like the friend he knew in Heaven (apparently, the fallen angels have also undergone a change in appearance as well as location).
Satan describes how he and a bunch of other angels fought with God and lost. Although they've been beaten, all is not lost.
Beelzebub responds, saying that he's upset and worried about the current state of affairs.
He suggests that the only reason they still feel strong and courageous - still feel alive - is so that they can completely experience their punishment and satisfy God's "vengeful ire."
Satan responds, saying that their goal from now on is to be evil: "To do ought good never will be our task, / But ever to do ill our sole delight" (1.159-60). If God does something good, they will try to screw it up.
Satan suggests that he and Beelzebub move to a nearby plain and think about how to war against God, deal with the horrors of their circumstances, and repair their losses.
As Satan moves towards the plain, the narrator describes him: he is much bigger than any of the famous giants of classical mythology or the bible. He is so big, a sailor might mistake him for an island and attempt to moor his boat there.
He moves off the lake and flies - these fallen angels still have their wings - to the plain, which is also burning. Beelzebub eventually follows him.
Satan looks around and says it's not so bad because he'd rather be as far from God as possible.
He then suggests that his forces reassemble on the plain so they can figure out a plan of action.
Satan goes to the shore of the burning lake to beckon the fallen angels; his shield is almost as big as the moon and his spear is much bigger than the biggest mast of a ship.
The fallen angels are scattered on the lake like a whole bunch of leaves, or just like a whole bunch of reeds in the Red Sea.
Satan addresses the fallen angels, and he can't believe they've been vanquished.
He tells them to rise up now, or remain fallen forever. They rise up very quickly, as if they've been caught napping while on duty (that's Milton's comparison not ours!).
The angels assemble in squadrons, just like an organized army. There are a ton of them! The leaders of the squadrons assemble close to Satan, the "great commander."
These leaders will eventually become the various pagan deities described in the Old Testament (the first half of the Bible that deals with the times before Jesus) that the Israelites worshipped (sinfully) alongside God.
The first to come is Moloch, who is covered in blood. He somehow deceived Solomon - an Old Testament king - to build a temple for him.
Next comes Chemos; after the Israelites made it out of Egypt, they started spending a lot of time with non-Hebrew peoples and eventually started worshipping this guy.
With Chemos and Moloch come Baalim and Ashtaroth. Both of these are general words to refer to types of male and female pagan deities found in the region that is now the modern-day middle east, 💔especially Syria, Iraq, Israel, and Jordan.
Astoreth or Astarte, as the Phoenicians called her, also comes with the fallen angels. She was worshipped by Phoenician virgins and also by the Israelites in their promised land!
Thammuz comes next; he was supposedly wounded every year, which caused the river Adonis to become a purplish color because of his blood.
Next comes Dagon, a Philistine sea-god whose upper half is man, the lower fish.
After him comes Rimmnon, a deity worshipped in what is now modern-day Syria.
Next come the bestial and beastly Egyptian gods with animal heads - Isis, Osiris, and Orus.
The last to arrive is Belial; nobody ever built a temple for him, but he can be found everywhere. He loves vice for itself, and is associated with insolent debauchery
This was great! It is worthy to present to peers who know nothing of Paradise Lost.
I love this. I'll be showing this to my Advanced English class.
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nice way to understand the difficult things
this is incredible. i just made my own stop motion and it turned ou great, but i didn't use drawing. that must be much harder, so amazing job!
very well done! thanks dude!
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Great Presentation, LUV Paradise Lost :)
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You forgot about Lilith, Adam's first wife. She was made at the same time as Adam and saw herself as his equal, not his servant.
***** And where did the myth that Adam was alone come from? Lilith is as much a fact as Adam and Eve. She came first then Eve.
Folker46 ! It was about an epic poem written by John Milton, not exactly what did or did not happen. He defined it as fiction.
smartangel10 Have you read Paradise Lost? I have a hard time with it, it's like reading Hamlet.
That Lilith has been written out of the Bible is sad, like how people don't believe that Jesus had bothers and sisters or that Mary Magdalene was Jesus's wife, not some whore he picked up on the side.
Folker46 ! I had to for a research paper, so, yes.
smartangel10 Do you think they could ever do a movie version? I heard a few years ago Hollywood was working on it, covering Satan's arrive in Hell and the war in Heaven, but it was shelved because they said it would be to expensive to do. I think it could be done now but if Satan is the central character, do you show him as a sympathetic character or show him as a prideful lunatic?
It would be a challenging script to write, especially showing Hell without God looking like an tyrant.
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