Paradise Lost

Want to read the rest of this paper? Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers

Satan sees the power God has in the world, it makes him realize just how far he has fallen. “O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell” (lines 37-39). Satan also realizes that God does not deserve the disrespect he is showing him. God did not make it hard to serve him, so Satan wonders why he had so much trouble. Satan is very conflicted because God was good to him, yet Satan only resented him.
Satan says that no one can try to be better than God, and that is what Satan is trying to do. Because of Satan’s pride and ambition, somehow all the good in God became evil in him as he says, “…Yet all his good prov’d ill in me, and wrought but malice” (lines 48-49). He realizes that other entities do not have the same problems that Satan has with God; others are more able to resist temptation. For a while he wonders if he had received a lower position in God’s kingdom if he would not have fallen so far, but then he realizes that he ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays. Write better papers. Get better grades. Already a member? Login

Satan expresses regret at having fallen so far, but then he resents the fact that he had to fall and wonders if others were given preferential treatment. Satan ponders the thought of whether God gave others more love, or if he gave others lower positions so that if they were slightly evil they would not fall so far. He wonders why he had such a hard time respecting God and accepting his love. Satan should have a huge debt to repay to God, but instead he hates him. Satan realizes his pride and ambition are at the root of his problems as he considers, “the lower still I fall, only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds” (lines 91-92). In the end of the speech Satan accepts his fallen ...

Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library. Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports, and research papers in 2 minutes or less.

CITE THIS PAGE: