I don't know much about this text but I did take the course for six or eight weeks before I stopped going and failed . . .
so here it goes
best line ever: "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven"
(getting a tattoo of that with my tax refund by the way . . .)
but think about it . . .
Satan lost
and he's still unbowed and unbroken
keeping up the fight
you can beat me down
but you can't break my spirit
it's worth of admiration
the response will be limited to Book I (because it's the one I've read and know the most about and also because the character of Satan goes downhill as the book (or epic rather) progresses)
"And shook the throne. What though the field be lost?
All is not lost; the unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield:
And what is else not to be overcome?
That glory never shall his wrath or might
Exhort from me. To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee, and diefy his power."
click on that above link and watch the video and listen to the song . . .
it explains alot
I love rooting for the underdog, but at the same time I like rooting for the cocky underdog; I love the underdog who gets his ass kicked and doesn't learn anything and just says: "next time . . . "
I also have an independent streak (don't tell me something's wrong just because it's against the law . . . I make my own rules and decide what's right or wrong and don't expect me to feel bad or sorry when I am right- I'll accept the consquences, but that's about it . . .) so I really identify with this (what do you expect? I come from Rebel blood. (be it Irish, Scottish, or Southerner . . .)
"A mind not changed by place or time.
Can make Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n,
What matter where, if I be still the same,
And what should I be, all but less than he
Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least
We shall be free;"
Still defiant, but admire the philosophy. I had friend who told once that she loved living in her head. You can always make the glass half-full; you can be in a completely different place inside your head and I think that's true outside of extremes (Nazi concretion camps for example) . . .
I'm a casual student of religion and a somewhat more serious casual student of Christianity, and I love Paradise Lost. Milton really did his homework . . . (his portrayal of most of the demons is spot on and concurrent with the myths) and making Satan some sort of hero/anti-hero was genius . . .
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