Paradise Lost | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Abdiel - A seraph who, though originally one of Lucifer's legions in Heaven, remains faithful to God.

Adam - The distinction between him, the only man in the garden, and the other living creatures, the animals, heightens our perception of his uniqueness as beings created in the image of God.

The Arch-Enemy - See Satan

Beelzebub - He is the first devil to awaken from his stupor on the fiery lake and is thus the audience for Satan's opening speech (1.84-124). He is associated with light, or rather, lost light, for Satan's...
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