Critical Analysis of the Paradise Lost (203-301)

Critical Analysis of the Paradise Lost (203-301)

Lines: 203-208

The above said Laviathan some time considered as a vessel on the sea because of its size. Milton is telling that the size of Satan was become huge, giant size like Laviathan- a sea monster. And the captain of the some small boat which is lost in the night considered it an island. As it happens that the boat is fasten with its body with anchor in its fish like body.

Lines: 209-220

Like the Leviathan the sea monster Satan was huge in size and length, he was lying on fiery lake and was chained.  He had not risen and lift his head up. God left him free to fulfill his wicked designs. So that with committing sins time and again, he could bring upon him his own damnation while seeking evil for other inviting the terrible anger of God. As his dark design for the man will be converted in love and kindness for the man from God.  

Lines: 221-229

Suddenly he rose out of lake. The fiery ripples spread out to each side throughout the lake in sloping curves by the movement of his body.  The ripples created the horrid ditch. Then he stretched his wings and started to fly high above in the dark/gloomy air. He felt unusual weight then take on the dry land. Lake was burning with liquid fire and the dry land was burning with solid fire.

Lines: 230-241

The dry land on which Satan sat was looking like an active volcano (Pelorus) of the shattered side of thundering Aetna which was torn apart by the violent subterranean gust and the base/bottom of that was combustible matter of fire and smoke. He rested his foot on burning land. His next Beelzebub followed him. Both felt victorious and glorified to have escaped the burning hell on their own.

Lines: 242-263

Is this the region, this soil and climate we have changed for heaven, the lost archangel said to Beelzebub. This mournful dark place against the celestial light. Be it so, the God who is now sovereign will decide what is right. Better to live farthest from the God. No doubt God is equal to us in reasoning faculties, His equals made Him Superior over us by force. Farewell Heaven where joy lives forever. Welcome horrors, welcome infernal world. O Deepest hell, receive your new possessor, who has brought a mind which cannot be changed by place or time. Mind depends on itself rather than the outer circumstances. The mind can turn a hell into heaven and heaven into hell. What is the matter, if I am still the same? I can be everything but not less than He (God). He (God) has got superiority because of His thunder. At this place at least we are free away from Him. God has not created anything in Hell to His envy. Living farthest from God we can reign secure and in my thinking, to rule is worthwhile even in hell

Lines: 264-282

Why we let our faithful friends who were our associates and co-partners of our loss/defeat lying unconsciously on the fiery lake and why not call them to join with us this gloomy place (Hell) and we should assembled ourselves and arms ourselves and should make a policy that what we can regained from Heaven or think about what we can further loss in Hell.

Lines: 283-301

It was very hard for Beelzebub to stop when his superior leader was moving toward shore. His heavy shield, massive, large and round which was manufactured in Heaven was lagging him behind. The heavy shield he was carrying on his shoulders like the moon. The size of the shield was very large as it is being magnified through the telescope made by Galileo (He belonged to Tuscan, Milton once saw his telescope therefore he is making the reference to telescope) from the Fiesole, hill near Florence and from the Valdarno a hill on which Florence was built. The telescope was built by Galileo to discover new lands, rivers and mountains in its directed position. Now the Milton is talking about his spear which was also very huge, the size of a pine tree, cut down from the Hills of Norway to make mast of some flag-ship. The mast referring here would be a little stick when compared to the Satan’s spear. Satan was walking on burning soil with the help of this spear. These steps were not like the steps on the bluish floor of Heaven. The extremely hot soil of hell was smiting him and he was enduring the great heat when he was standing on the burning soil of hell and called the army of angels who were lying unconscious.