FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON
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Question
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On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises God’s forces?
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Catapults
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Artillery
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Illusions
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The Holy Sepulcher
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Satan easily rouses himself and his followers for a second day of battle arguing that better weapons must yield better results. He plans to use a secret weapon, cannons, which the rebels spend the entire night building. Satan’s army unveils the cannons the next day and bombards the good angels.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Paradise Lost (1667), John Milton describes Satan’s shield as “the broad circumference / Hung on his shoulders like the moon whose orb / Through optic glass the Tus-can artist views” (I 287–89).
Detailed explanation-3: -Satan disguises himself as a cherub and flies to the sun to talk with the archangel, Uriel.
Detailed explanation-4: -“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”.
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