Archangel Gabriel: Gabriel is a total badass, and the trumpeter and chief guard of all the angels.Large portions of the work are dedicated to his rousing speeches as well as his anguished self-reflections. Anti-Villain: Satan is a persuasive and often pathetic individual whom the reader is often encouraged to admire or pity. There are also the briefly touched upon entities Chaos and Old Night. Anthropomorphic Personification: The two other members of Satan's incestuous parody of the Trinity represent Sin and Death.The "squid" faction is represented by Chaos and his courtiers. Angels, Devils and Squid: Yes really, although the focus is very much on the former two.The rest of the poem follows chronologically from there, except for a few flash-forwards. Roughly the middle third of the poem is occupied with various flashbacks to before this point, narrated by the angel Raphael, who describes the creation of the universe, the coronation of the Son, the war in heaven and Satan's defeat, as well as the creation of the Earth. The poem begins after Satan's army has been cast into the newly created hell, nearly halfway through the story, chronologically speaking. Anachronic Order: Like many other epics, Paradise Lost doesn't just begin In Medias Res, it uses non-linear time extensively.
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