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Paradise Lost Formative Close Reading – Book IV, Lines 1-20
In this section of Book IV in Milton’s Paradise Lost, Satan’s anger has increased as a result
of losing the battle in Heaven
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Firstly, within this passage, ‘The Argument’, Milton uses stylistic imagery to
emphasise the anger and fury of Satan
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This line makes a point that Satan is rooted within
Hell, suggesting that the fires of Hell are within him, ‘inflamed’
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The final line of this passage clarifies this, ‘The Hell within him, for within him
Hell’ (IV
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This clever repetitive word play suggests that Satan may never leave Hell as
the true Hell is within him; this line may also hint at the fact Satan cannot accept the fact Hell
is a part of him now and Milton repeats it to reaffirm this
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19) may also twist Satan’s fury to more confusion
and sadness due to the fact he feels ‘troubled’ at the situation and that he has perhaps realised
that he is now solely a part of Hell
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1), is a reference to Revelation in The Bible where the
parable of John of Patmos recalls the Apocalypse and the defeat of Satan
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Some readings have believed these lines to be part of a soliloquy that Satan says and this may
be confirmed in the descriptions of mankind, ‘innocent frail man’ (IV
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Book 4’, in The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Sixteenth
Century/The Early Seventeenth Century, Volume B, ed
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2003
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highlighting the weakness of man, Milton accentuates the power of Satan , ‘far off and
fearless’ (IV
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Therefore he ironically and somewhat controversially glamorises and
glorifies Satan’s traits; this is perhaps why it may considered a soliloquy and Satan is simply
being boastful of his supernatural powers against the frailty and normality of mankind
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18) to describe Satan hints at the concept that he is like a
cannon and that the idea of revenge ‘rolling’ in his mind is ready to be put into place because
the cannon is ready to blow and that he is ‘fearless’ in making his decision; he is not afraid of
making a ‘bold’ decision
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Controversially, Milton has placed
seeds of doubt in his mind regarding his identity and henceforth, tries to use sympathetic
devices to describe him
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