book III - passages of importance

My apologies for the lateness of this posting, yet this morning and afternoon has been hectic for a number of reasons...

Please pay close attention when reading the following sections of Book III in Paradise Lost:

• 1-55 (Milton's invocation of the Muses and commentary on his blindness)
• 86-102 (from "And now...")(on man's choice to fall)
• 111-134 (God's claims he is not responsible for the fallen creatures of the universe; his merciful plan for redemption via grace)
• 156-166 (Christ questions the situation)
• 183-202 (commentary on predestination)
• 209-212 (a sacrifice to atone for the treason against God must be made)
• 236-238 (Christ accepts the 'mission' as sacrificial savior)
• 326-337 (Last Judgment and the New Earth)
• 442-459 (Satan's exile in chaos)
• 481-483 (Ptolemaic structure of the universe; cf.p.101)
• 523-525 (Satan's sadness at the gate of Heaven)
• 601-612 (alchemy!)
• 654-685 (Satan's false pledge to Uriel)
• 708-735 (the creation of the earth; four elements; and earth, the seat of man and Paradise)