Two Perspectives on the Time Structure of Paradise Lost
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| Chronological Order | Expository Order |
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| The Father exalts the Son | Satan recovers from confusion |
| Satan rebels | Building of Pandemonium |
| The War in Heaven | Council of fallen Angels |
| Son triumphs over rebel angels | Satan heads for Paradise, pausing to pay a visit to Sin and Death |
| Rebel angels plummet to Chaos | God foresees the fall; Christ offers himself as ransom for fallen humanity |
| Rebel angels lie "vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulf"
World created | Satan arrives in paradise |
| Satan incites rebellion in Heaven | |
| Satan lifts his head and speaks to Beelzebub | War in Heaven |
| Building of Pandemonium | Fall of rebel angels |
| Council of fallen angels | Creation of Adam and Eve |
| Satan flies through Chaos to the world (Christ offers himself as ransom for what is about to happen | Temptation and fall |
| The temptation and fall | Sin and Death enter the world |
| Doom falls on Satan and his followers | Michael arrives in Eden |
| Sin and Death arrive on earth | Human history unfolds |
| Angels push to poles of the earth apart, inaugurating mortality and decay | The Second Coming |
| Michael descends, prepares Adam for history | Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise |
| Adam and Eve are expelled from Paradise | |
| Human history unfolds
Christ is born, crucified | |
| The Second Coming | |
| (eternity)
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