I found a short poem of Milton's called "On the Inventor of Gunpowder" - and in it Milton compares the creation of gunpowder to stealing a power of force from Jove's thunderbolt. So when the Devils create gunpowder in book VI, what they might be creating is a blasphemous distortion of God's own power. Just a thought.
The battle narration reminded me so much of Tolkien's writing
I found a short poem of Milton's called "On the Inventor of Gunpowder" - and in it Milton compares the creation of gunpowder to stealing a power of force from Jove's thunderbolt. So when the Devils create gunpowder in book VI, what they might be creating is a blasphemous distortion of God's own power. Just a thought.
Love that connection!
I need to read me some Pope
heck yeah