| Paradise
Lost |
 
Primary
Characters
| God --
Omnipotent being. The
Creator of Heaven and Earth and
all inhabitants of both. Created
Lucifer as the most beautiful
creature in existance. His
motives and actions are His to
understand alone. He is God.
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| Lucifer -- The
Angel Of Light. The
greatest of God's angels. Possessed
of beauty, charm, eloquence,
power, and wisdom beyond anything
else He made. Second-in-command
in Heaven until the declaration
that the Son of God would be King
of the Angels. Ceased to
exist when he concieved of Sin,
replaced by Satan. |
| Satan -- The
Adversary. The first and
greatest of sinners. Father
to Sin and Death. Born of
Lucifer's conception of Sin
against God. Used his
eloquence, charm, and wisdom to
turn roughly 1/3 of Heaven's
angels to his side of the War in
Heaven. Led the fallen
angels up from the Lake of Fire
to create Pandemonium, the
capital of Hell. Gave birth
to the plan to corrupt man on
earth and executed it alone.
Evil. |
| Moloch -- The
Aggressor. The first to
speak at the Demonic Council.
Called for all-out war
against God regardless the
consequence. He represents
blind aggression and passion.
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| Belial -- Second to
speak at the Demonic Council.
Suggested that the fallen
angels wait for God to forgive
them for their sins. He
represents cowardice. |
| Mammon -- Third
speaker at the Demonic Council.
Says that they should not
oppose God an father and just
make due with their situation.
He represents passification.
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| Beelzebub -- Fourth
and final speaker at the Demonic
Council. First Lieutenant
of Satan. Spoke of Earth
and Man, God's new creations.
Suggested that they corrupt
God's work and begin with mankind.
(Satan's plan being passed
as his own). He is
described as a pillar of state
and carries himself
accordingly. |
| Sin -- Described as
a beautiful woman from the waist
up and a hideous serpentine
creature below that, Sin is the
daughter and concubine of Satan.
She sprang forth from his
head when he questioned God and
concieved of rebellion. Every
hour, a pack of wild dogs enter
and explode from her womb, using
it as a kennel. |
| Death -- The son of
Satan and Sin, concieved during
the War in Heaven. Death is
described only as a shady
character with a dagger that is
lethal to everyone except God (This
includes Satan). Satan and
Death meet at the gates of Hell
and are stopped by Sin before
they can destroy each other. |
| Adam & Eve -- The
first humans in creation. They
were a content couple living in
the Garden of Eden until Satan
tempted Eve into eating from the
Tree of Knowledge. Adam
fell from grace through an act of
love, by deciding to share his
beloved's fate, rather than live
without her. |
Timeline
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God
creates Heaven and the
angels.
God
creates Lucifer, the
Angel of Light.
God
proclaims His Son, King
of the Angels.
Lucifer
concieves of Sin through
rebellion against God.
Lucifer ceases to exist.
Satan
persuades one-third of
Heaven's angels to join
his rebellion.
The
War in Heaven lasts three
days, ending on the third
day after Satan and his
followers were driven out
of Heaven by the Son of
God and his great chariot.
Satan and his fallen
angels are cast into the
Lake of Fire.
They
fight through the flames
until reaching some
manner of "land".
Pandemonium, the capital
of Hell, is built by
Heaven's greatest
architect, Mammon.
The Demonic Council is
held. Moloch,
Belial, Mammon, and
Beelzebub speak on behalf
of several factions of
the angels.
Beelzebub voices plans to
corrupt God's newest
creations, Earth and
mankind.
Satan decides to venture
this mission alone and
sets out through Hell to
find a way to Earth.
At
the edge of Hell, where
the gates are, he comes
accross Death and Sin.
Death threatens to kill
Satan.
Satan threatens to kill
Death.
Sin
steps between them and
reminds Satan of who they
are and how they came to
guard these gates.
They allow him to pass.
Satan
emerges into the light of
Earth and is awestruck by
it.
Satan
enters the garden and
learns of the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and
Evil.
Satan is thrown out of
the garden by Gabrielle
and others.
Satan again enters the
garden, disguised as a
serpent.
At the Tree of Knowledge,
Satan finds Eve.
He
poses her the question
"If by eating from
the tree, a serpent can
be as though a man,
cannot a man be as though
a god?"
Eve
eats the fruit.
Eve contemplates whether
or not to share this god-hood
with Adam.
Eve decides to share and
tells Adam what happened.
Adam
is torn between his love
and God's punishment (death
to whoever eats the fruit).
Adam decides to share Eve's
fate, rather than live
without her.
Adam damns mankind.
God
kicks Adam and Eve out of
the Garden.
Score
two for Satan.
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Further
Information and Recommended Resources
| John Milton's
Paradise Lost -- A site I've
been in awe over for nearly a
year now. I consider it the
personification of what a web-page
should be. This site
sparked my original interest in
the subject at hand. This
site includes a more complete
Cast of Characters, pictures,
Milton timeline, and the original
complete copy of Pardise Lost to
browse through. Superb.
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| The
Milton Homepage -- A
thorough compilation of
multimedia pertaining to Paradise
Lost. Included are pictures,
audio, text versions, and a
history of Milton. Excellent
resource. |
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