Line by line Analysis of the Paradise Lost (Lines 156-202)

Line by Line Analysis of the Paradise Lost (Lines 156-202)

Lines: 156-168

To the speech of Beelzebub, Satan quickly replied: Fallen angel, to be weak is the miserable condition of whatever we do whether act or suffer. It is never our intension to do anything that is good. Our purpose is to do evil or to convert into evil what good is proposed by our Victor whom we defy. If His goodness seeks to convert the evil, we will do to His contrary. In doing so we sometimes may succeed, much to annoy Him. If I am not mistaken, we must turn his intended purpose to the other end.

Lines: 169-179

But look the angry Victor has recalled back / withdrawn his tools of vengeance back to the gates of Heaven. The deluge of fire, thunder and storm which were chasing us, to some certain extent has stopped now. The thunder filled with red lightening is exhausted and roaring of storm through the deep vault of Hell may stop. We should not slip this occasion, Whether because of His satisfaction or because of pacification of His anger, He has withdrawn His forces back.

Lines: 180-191

Satan is telling to his comrade that what has been happening to us is stopped now. You see that dark and gloomy landscapes, lonely and wild, no light coming out of these flames except a dim light. Let us start from there, we should find some rest, if there can be found some rest. We can call back out dead forces, let us discuss that how can we annoy our great enemy, how can we repair our loss, how this dire calamity can be overcome, we should analyzed that we reinforcement we can get from our hope.  How can we make our resolve great from our despair condition?

Lines: 192-202

Thus Satan was talking to his comrade very near to him, his head high above the wave and his eyes were shining, while other parts of his body were lying on the lake. His body was extended large in size floating on the lake. He has the monstrous body size just like happened in the stories of Titans, Briareos and gaints fought with Jove, or Typhon who dwelt in a den in Tarsus or that sea-monster, leviathan the sea-monster is the largest of all creatures in water.