book iv - passages of importance

Here are some passages you should read closely and pay special attention to while reading Book IV of Paradise Lost. After reviewing in my mind what we have accomplished thus far during our class discussion of the text, I feel that we need to not press too quickly... therefore, I'm pushing the fifth book back until Wednesday of this week. Be on the look out for the next journal, which I'll be posting in the next day or so.

• 5-12 ("woe" to us)
• 17-30 (Satan remembering the past; his internal thoughts and feelings)
• 31-78 (his internal battle, further described)
• 98-113 (redemption? no! "farewell to good" is Satan's resolve)
• 114-117 (to "...counterfeit") (his face changes again! cf.1.600f)
• 194-201 (Satan perches on the Tree of Life)
• 218-222 (the Tree of Knowledge)
• 285-299 (mankind is first sighted by Satan)
• 321 ("hand in hand" cf. the note to this line!)
• 389-392 (corruption via 'the state')
• 411-491 (Adam and Eve converse)
• 618-629 (daily work)
• 641-658 (the first request for knowledge! VIP!)
• 772f (no death in Eden, not even for flowers)
• 826-843 (Satan is discovered and confronted by Ithuriel and Zephon)
• 878-884 (Gabriel's stern statements to Satan)
• 976-1015 (the angels surround Satan; he stands firm, yet finally yields upon a 'heavenly sign')