ENGLISH 45A Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Gabriel, Fallen Angel
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English 45a lecture 33 paradise lost book 4. Satan is watches the garden of eden, seeing the beauty of earth. Satan begins doubting the mission, but then he realizes he cannot ever go back and repent to god. During his internal debate, uriel notices the unsettled look on his face. This alerts uriel to the fact that satan is not truly a cherub because cherubs always look happy. Satan enters eden and sees the tree of life and the tree of knowledge. He listens as adam tells eve that they must be obedient to god and not eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Satan decides to persuade them to disobey god. Uriel tells archangel gabriel about the false cherub and they suspect that he could be a fallen angel. That night, angels find satan disguised as a toad whispering into eve"s ear as she"s sleeping.
