The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . ngels proud boast, In the North part of Gods sublime domain *Will 1 a kingdom found, a palace rear, arouses the righteous wrath of the Deity, who forth-with forms a place of exile, and thither banishes therebel host who have been faithless to their highestate, Down the dark, steep, unutterable pathThat leads to Hell. It will therefore be necessary, now, to modify ourdiagram of primeval space. Hitherto, there havebeen but two concaves mentioned by Caedmon, theEmpyrean and Chaos; but, with the formation ofHell, a sma
The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . ngels proud boast, In the North part of Gods sublime domain *Will 1 a kingdom found, a palace rear, arouses the righteous wrath of the Deity, who forth-with forms a place of exile, and thither banishes therebel host who have been faithless to their highestate, Down the dark, steep, unutterable pathThat leads to Hell. It will therefore be necessary, now, to modify ourdiagram of primeval space. Hitherto, there havebeen but two concaves mentioned by Caedmon, theEmpyrean and Chaos; but, with the formation ofHell, a small concave is carved, by the Almighty,out of the nethermost part of Chaos, as a torture-house for His traitor-Archangel and his band, and* Vide Note H. io6 Epic of the Fall divided from the Empyrean by the broad belt ofChaos. This exile-house is represented as avast region of fire, sulphurous lake, plain, and moun-tain, and of every form of fiery and icy conditions of the poem require, therefore, nowthree divisions of primeval space; the Empyrean,Chaos, and Among the illuminations of the manuscript, thereare two which show distinctly the artists interpreta-tion of the changed conditions of the picture. In the following illumination the three divisionsof space are clearly delineated. The Deity, sur-rounded by adoring Cherubim and Seraphim, is Analysis of Cabdmons Fall of Man 107 depicted as at rest within tiie concave of the Empy-rean. Satan, chained to the floor of Hell, is payingthe penalty of his reckless ambition ; while betweenthe Empyrean and Hell the fallen Angels are beinghurled through Chaos to their place of doom.
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