ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The saying is from John Milton’s book Paradise Lost-Book II and says that it is better to rule over-be like a king in hell than to serve somebody as a slave in heaven. So it means it is better to be in a bad place and rule over the place rather than to go to a good place and work as a servant there.

Detailed explanation-2: -“A mind not to be changed by place or time. Can make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heav’n.” 2. “Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”.

Detailed explanation-3: -Here at least We shall be free: th’Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.” “Solitude sometimes is best society.” “Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.” “Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.”

Detailed explanation-5: -Allan Wright in his ground breaking book, Better to Reign in Hell, Than Serve In Heaven: Satan’s Transition From a Heavenly Council Member to the Ruler of Pandaemonium, diverges from this common assumption and challenges often taken for granted views about the role of Satan in early Christian groups.