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Paradise Lost

- Speech of Belial
Here is the speech, rewritten in modern prose (lines 108- 225):
On the other side of the hall, Belial stood up. He was a graceful and fair person and was high in dignity. He was an incredible rhetorician by and could sway the minds of people through his speech.
"I agree with you, Moloch, and I hate the beings of heaven, also. If we do go to battle, we must realize that there are many problems. The towers of heaven are guarded with armed watch and there is almost no way we can get through them. If we surprise them at night and cover Heaven's purity with the blackness of hell we may have a small chance of making it past the tower. Even if we did that, God would ...

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I think not. What about when we laid in the burning lake? That surely was worse. What if the air that keeps those hot fires going blew seven times as hard and covered us in flames? Or if, from above, vengeance's arm should come down upon us and plague us? What if all of the holes in Hell were opened and fire shot out of every crevasse? War, I think, is a bad idea. How can we overthrow the being who knows everything and sees everything? All of our motions would be in vain. Should we live this life and suffer here? My advice is to stay here. These conditions are better than what could happen. If we stay here, our supreme enemy may remit his anger and we may then not be punished so severely and these raging fires may slacken. Future days may bring something good and we should wait and find out what that may be."
Belial's speech is logical and is needed in this book. It shows the point of view that not everyone wants to go back and face God. Belial begins his speech ...

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Added: 10/4/2008 06:52:00 PM
Category: English
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