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This quote arrives from John Milton’s Paradise Lost. In Book I 249-255. According to the notes, Paradise Lost is a great project in different ways, it is an Epic poem on stories from the beginning of the state or a beginning of a new stage in the annals, and it changed the tone of English poetry. Milton takes on the bible with the book of Genesis that talks about the creation of the world(Prezi notes).

The above quote’s meaning in Book I 249-255 showed Satan as having the choice to choose is own destiny. Satan was given the ability to choose between being good or bad. His faith depended on the decision he chose. He was given the will to decide between good and bad and whether he wanted to be a good person or a bad person.
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