This series focuses on the art of Gustav Doré and started by looking at his illustrations for John Milton’s 17th-century epic poem “Paradise Lost.” In this next article, Satan has just finished rallying the rebel angels after they fell to hell. He calls out to them, shames them, and reinvigorates their passion to resist God. At first, he speaks only to one rebel angel, but it’s not long before one turns into many, and his troops begin to regain the strength to continue their mission.
Despite Satan’s instigating their fall from heaven, the rebel angels rise up to unabashedly continue following him. Milton describes the scene:…