Milton's audience would have recognized Beelzebub as a demon, even if they probably knew little or nothing of his origins. At best, the name Beelzebub exists in the Bible and is associated with Satan and evil. Numerous theories exist but none are definitive or widely accepted. In the Bible, the name Beelzebub seems most likely to have been associated with the term "Lord of the Flies," the demon who drove flies away from sacrifices. Eventually Sin and Death will be sealed in Hell.īeelzebub The devil second in rank to Satan. She and Death build a bridge to Earth and inhabit the world after Satan causes the Fall of Man. She opens the Gate of Hell for Satan to leave. In much of Paradise Lost, Sin is an allegorical character. The hounds are a product of her incestuous relationship with her son, Death, who was the product of a relationship with her father, Satan. She is beautiful to the waist but a hideous serpent beneath, with hellhounds that surround her and go in and out of her womb. Sin The daughter of Satan who sprang from his head when he felt envy for the Son. God says that both Death and Sin will be sealed in Hell after Judgment Day. He and Sin build a great bridge from Hell to Earth after Adam's and Eve's fall. He is a shadowy figure with a ravenous appetite. Death is primarily an allegorical character. Death has also had a relationship with Sin, producing the hellhounds that are at her side. God promises that her seed will eventually bruise the head of the serpent, symbolically referring to Jesus overcoming Death and Satan.ĭeath Death is Satan's son and grandson, the result of an incestuous union between Satan and his daughter, Sin. Ultimately, Eve brings about reconciliation with Adam when she begs forgiveness from him. She then tempts Adam whose love and desire for her is so strong that he eats the fruit rather than risk separation from Eve.
She is seduced and tricked by Satan in the form of the serpent and eats the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. She is more physically attractive than Adam, but not as strong physically or intellectually. They eventually go forth together to face the world and death.Įve Eve is the first woman, created by God from Adam's rib as a companion for him. He and Eve feud after the fall but are reconciled. His inordinate desire for Eve is his downfall. Adam eats the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge because he cannot bear losing Eve. At first Adam (and Eve) can talk with angels and seem destined to become like angels if they follow God's commands. He is part of God's creation after the rebellious angels have been defeated. He appears noble to Man but not in comparison to God.Īdam The first human, created by God from the dust of Earth. He can shift his shape and tempts Eve in the form of a serpent. He succeeds in bringing about the fall of Adam and Eve but is punished for the act.
His goal is to corrupt God's new creations, Man and Earth. His rebellion is easily crushed by the Son, and he is cast into Hell. His envy of the Son creates Sin, and in an incestuous relationship with his daughter, he produces the offspring, Death. Satan Before his rebellion, he was known as Lucifer and was second only to God. He shows the more merciful aspect of God. The Son also defeats the rebellious angels and casts them into Hell. The Son offers himself as a sacrifice to Death as a way to save Man after the Fall. The Son creates the Earth (he is referred to as God while doing so). The Son is presented to the angels well after the creation, and God's preferment of the Son causes Satan to rebel. Milton seems to make God the Son not co-eternal with the Father, though the theology here is not absolutely clear. Son In the doctrine of the Trinity, the Godhead is made up of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He also provides his Son, who becomes a man and suffers death, as the means to salvation for Man so that ultimately goodness will completely defeat evil.
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God creates Man (Adam) and gives him free will, knowing that Man will fall. His more merciful side is shown through his Son who is of course one of the Trinitarian aspects of God though not the same as God. God is the epitome of reason and intellect, qualities that often make him seem aloof and stern in the poem. He is depicted as pure light by Milton and rules from an unmovable throne at the highest point in Heaven. God The omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent creator of the universe.
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