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For Reflection or Discussion
The first half of Book 1 is a balancing act that takes
our breath away when we see the skill with which
Milton manages it. Milton juxtaposes appar-
ent and hidden plots—Satan’s seeming greatness
and his actual evil and ultimate weakness. This is
the grand design that we can trace in this part of
the poem. What specific details build Satan up in
our imaginations and perhaps momentarily sway
our emotions? What details undercut that appar-
ent grandeur and produce dramatic irony on an
epic scale?
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