yay!
2 years ago
Whoo boy, Book I was exciting- I think I’m going to have to read it again! I never imagined myself almost feeling bad for Satan. Here’s a line after he had gathered the angels who fought with him in battle against God.
”...He now prepared
To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend
From wing to wing, and half enclose him round
With all his peers; attention held them mute,
Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn,
Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth; at last
Words interwove with sighs found out their way…”
ln: 615-621
Many have said this before me but the greatest surprise about this book has been what a complex and utterly human character he is. The way he mourns over the loss of Heaven is tragic.
