Re-read Satan's journey through chaos (Book II, Lines 890-967). What is the "nature" of chaos according to Milton's description, and how does he create that nature through the language?
Milton speaks of many beings such as Night, Hot, Cold, Moist, Dry, Rumor, Chance, and Confusion. These, as we know, are aspects of the world we know. With this, Milton is able to personify them, and use them as aspects of Chaos. This is very interesting because he uses them a warring forces and descriptions of Chaos. Chaos is then the center of both everything and nothing at the same time. The "nature" of chaos is a space that is both life and death, or land and ocean at the same time. It is the center of all of these warring aspects, and the warring aspects.
Good. How do imagery and sound work to create Milton's Chaos?
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