Classics Summarized: Paradise Lost
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Published 2016-02-08
The funniest part about this book is, it was supposed to be firmly anti-Satan. We were supposed to hear the lies Satan was telling about how things went down and despise him even more for making it sound believable. Unfortunately, all he did was make it sound believable, and the end result was that Satan became a sympathetic character for the first time in his life. Way to go, Milton; your propaganda backfired in the most hilarious of ways.
I'm told that Milton, who had become blind by the time he wrote this, dictated the entire text to his daughters. The presumed translations the text went through as a result might serve to help explain why Satan is presented so… sympathetically. cough sexy bad boy /cough
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All Comments (21)
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Humans seeing the night sky: "Oh, wow, look at how beautiful that is. Thanks, God!" Sexy Satan seeing the night sky: "Some idiot spilled glitter everywhere."
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“His daughter sin, and his son/grandson Death” SWEET HELL ALABAMA
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Lmao Frankenstein’s Creature really read this and went “saaaaammee”
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"I'm the father of lies, he's not even wearing pants" is just. The best line. Top tier dialogue
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“YOU’RE NOT MY REAL DAD” “ IM EVERYONE’S REAL DAD ”
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Jesus: "See, Eve, this is why you don't make decisions without your husband." Lucifer: "Oh, please. You think I couldn't get that guy to do something stupid? I'm the Father of Lies, and he's not even wearing pants!" Adam: "AAAH! I'm not even wearing pants!" Jesus: "Not helping, Satan." This is the best Bible fanfic ever.
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Why is nobody commenting on the experated Mini-Red running around, trying to keep the video children appropriate? She's awesome!!!
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"I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by Christianity: HELL!" -Satan, probably
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5:00 However, our hero SATAN *proceeds to laugh ass off* Honestly that was one of my favorite parts in this video
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Satan: "This time we're just gonna have to be sneakier!" God, who literally knows anything that could come to pass and is beyond time and space: "Hmmm."
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“Not helping Satan” That really summarizes him in one sentence.
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"Paradise Lost" is a goldmine for cartoonish comedy when explained like this. Why haven't anyone made it a thing yet?
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The slides in this are beautiful. Kudos on that. Satan -"You're not my real dad." God - "I'm everyone's real dad."
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“I’m the father of lies, he’s not even wearing pants”
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“Pandemonium” literally means “all demons”, but I’m guessing that a conference hall full of fallen angels and pagan gods would also qualify for the other kind of pandemonium.
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"The whole of the greek pantheon is in hell" you look me in the eyes and tell me most of them dont deserve to be in hell anyway red, i dare you Exibit A: anything zeus did ever
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Red opens the video with, "So, Satan, right?" grabs popcorn
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I’ve got a better intro, ahem “In the beginning the Universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad move.”
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Satan, at the beginning of the story: "This time we're just gonna have to be sneakier!" God, at the end if the story: "This time your're just gonna have to be snakeier!"
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"HA! You think I couldn't get this loser to do something stupid? He's not even wearing pants!" "AGH! I'm not even wearing pants!" "Not helping, Satan!" "Never heard my existence summarized so perfectly before!" OKAY BUT THAT ENTIRE EXCHANGE WAS PURIFIED GOLD
