FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
THE POETRY OF JOHN MILTON
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Gunpowder
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Adamantine armor
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The Chariot of Paternal Deity
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The Thunderbolt
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Detailed explanation-1: -Milton portrays gunpowder as a devilish invention in a very specific critique of the technology of warfare.
Detailed explanation-2: -Book VI continues Raphael’s account of the war in Heaven and opens as Abdiel makes his way back to God from Satan’s hosts in the North. The other angels welcome Abdiel and take him before God, who praises the loyal angel for standing for truth even though none stood with him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Satan acknowledges the horrible nature of Hell, but argues that, for him, to be in Heaven would be Hell (being subservient to God) and it is better to reign where he is than serve in Heaven. Beelzebub repeats Satan’s suggestion, advising him to call to other angels, who will be revived by sound of their leader’s voice.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”.