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Part 1 God: Earth and heaven, time and space; the Father and the Son;the Holy Spirit. Part 2 Good and bad angels: the physical properties ofangels; the problem of Satan. Part 3 People: knowing; the private life ofAdam and Eve; the obligation of choice; salvation; after the fall. Part 4Chaos and the created world: chaos, light and the deep; nature and fecundity.Part 5 The English epic: neoclassicism and the English epic; the syntax of"Paradise Lost"; narrative structure. Part 6 The politics of "Paradise Lost":Milton and the failed revolution; the legacy of revolution; the politicalanimal; republican and anti-clerical values.