Theme/Pattern
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This war in Heaven is generally meant as a lesson for the internal war that will soon come to Adam and Eve. God could easily defeat Satan in an instant, but he allows his angels to fight for him
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A Waldock, A. J. Paradise Lost and Its Critics. England: Cambridge University
A question that is brought up during Paradise Lost is whether Satan is the hero in this poem or God. During the battle, Satan leads his fallen angels and you almost find yourself backing up Satan which Milton does on purpose to show how persuading Satan can be
"we must not always expect to find that what he has done is perfectly marched by his theory of what he has done; it is quite possible that the view he wishes us to take of a certain matter-- the view, perhaps, that he himself, because of the prescriptions of his theme, is compelled to take --may not be in exact accord with the matter as he has actually presented it" (Waldock 25).
IMAGERY
"imagery, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2014. Web. 7 November 2014.
Milton uses a lot of imagery in this book. book 6 is where the great battle between heavens angels and Satan and the rest of the fallen angels occurs. Milton uses his words to make the reader depict everything that is going on, the stand off before the battle, then the cannons being shown, and you just picture Satan in mid battle mocking the angels
INVERSION
"inversion, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2014. Web. 7 November 2014.
Miltons changes the order of words in Paradise lost
"In present day literature it is usually used for the purpose of laying emphasis this literary device is more prevalent in poetry than prose because it helps to arrange the poem in a manner that catches the attention of the reader not only with its content but also with its physical appearance; a result of the peculiar structuring."
JUXTAPOSITION
"juxtaposition, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2014. Web. 7 November 2014.
This is where the author sets two characters parallel to each other, so the obvious characters here would be Satan and God, he also compares the two
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