Paradise Lost, Book 6 summary
Book 6 of 12 · 30 min to read the book
In Book 6, God sends his angels against Satan’s rebels, whose defeat in combat leads them to invent cannon and renew the fighting with greater destruction. On the third day, the Son alone drives them into Hell, and the account closes with a warning against Satan’s attempts to spread disobedience.
What happens
- God praises Abdiel’s loyalty and orders Michael and Gabriel to lead the faithful angels against the rebels.
- Abdiel strikes Satan, Michael wounds him, and the faithful army wins the first day’s fighting.
- During the night, Satan’s forces manufacture cannon, which scatter the faithful angels when battle resumes.
- The faithful angels crush the cannon with uprooted mountains, and both armies exchange mountains until Heaven faces devastation.
- God assigns the third day to his Son, who restores the landscape and drives the rebels out of Heaven.
- The rebels fall for nine days into Hell, while the victorious account ends by warning its listener against disobedience.
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