After being exiled from Heaven, Satan suddenly awakens in Hell, chained near the lake of fire. He finds Beelzebub next to him and begins a discussion about their fate and new path for himself and his followers. Satan and Beelzebub escape from the lake of fire and praise themselves about it. Then the monologue of Satan begins. The verses of 242 to 263 emphasize the theme of hierarchy and order in the universe and Satan’s disobedience and revolt against it. The passage can be divided into three parts: the confirmation of the situation and place, the determination of Satan, and the justification of his decisions.
In the beginning of the passage, Satan starts his monologue by asking if where he stands is the position, “the seat”(I, 243), that
In the beginning of the passage, Satan starts his monologue by asking if where he stands is the position, “the seat”(I, 243), that