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    Paradise Lost Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, and Character Index)
    Paradise Lost Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, and Character Index)
    Paradise Lost Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, and Character Index)
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    Paradise Lost Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, and Character Index)

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    Paradise Lost is epic in every way--but let's face it..if you don't understand it, then you are not alone. This annotated book includes a summary of each section, an overview of themes and characters. It does not include the book.

    We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

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    PublisherBookCaps
    Release dateApr 29, 2013
    ISBN9781301517787
    Paradise Lost Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, and Character Index)
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    We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.Visit www.bookcaps.com to see more of our books, or contact us with any questions.

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      Paradise Lost Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, and Character Index) - BookCaps

      John Milton’s

      Paradise Lost Companion

      Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index

      By BookCaps Study Guides/Golgotha Press

      © 2011 by Golgotha Press, Inc.

      Published at SmashWords

      Introduction

      There are but a few epic poems in literary history that hope to match the scope of Milton’s Paradise Lost. Milton, after suffering great personal tragedies in his own life (more about that below), wanted to write an epic tragedy, a poem about loss and redemption. While so many epics in history, like those of Homer or Virgil, celebrated military men and their victories in war, Milton chose to write about a different kind of heroism—a spiritual one. And so was born the spiritual epic called Paradise Lost. Before we launch into details, let’s get an overview of the poem, a general summary.

      Plot Summary

      Paradise Lost opens with Satan and his fellow fallen angels waking up in Hell. They’ve recently fallen there after defeat in Heaven. They gather together and build a fortress, a council they call Pandemonium. Inside the council, they plan how they can fight back and defeat God. Some want to escape Hell and demand a rematch, but others are afraid to fight God again, knowing they will only lose and be punished more. Satan ends up deciding to use cunning and deceit to win against God. Rumor has it God has created a New World, with Man as a new creation there. If they can cause ruin in this new race of beings, they’ll deliver a massive blow to God’s plans.

      Satan volunteers to escape Hell and investigate this new creation. At the gates of Hell, he meets Sin and Death. He discovers that Sin is his daughter/bride, and Death is their child. Satan promises to return and allow Sin and Death to roam free on Earth. He escapes out into Chaos and, after talking to Chaos himself, finds his way to the World, which hangs from Heaven by a golden chain. Satan enters the World and starts looking for Man.

      Meanwhile, in Heaven, God knows what Satan is doing and planning. He knows that Adam and Eve will fall prey to Satan’s tricks and eat of the Forbidden Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. This will cause great problems for Mankind, so God asks for a volunteer—someone willing to intervene in man’s behalf and help fix the problems Satan is about to cause. God’s own Son volunteers, and all of Heaven rejoices at this.

      We jump back down to Earth. We see Adam and Eve through Satan’s eyes. They work together in the garden and then they go back home and make love. God send angels down to the garden to find Satan. Satan is forced to flee the scene.

      God sends Raphael to talk to Adam and warn him of Satan’s plans. He tells Adam about the war in Heaven, how Satan lost and was thrown down to Hell. Adam shares his first memories after being created. Raphael ends off by warning Adam about Satan.

      Satan returns after being gone from the garden for about a week. He takes the form of a serpent and looks for Eve, who has decided to work apart from Adam today. Satan convinces her to eat the fruit. She does, and then

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