Satan is out for revenge. His rebellion has failed; he has been cast out from
heaven and is doomed to spend eternity in hell. Somehow he must find a way to
prove his power and wound his enemies. He fixes upon God's beloved new
creations, Adam and Eve, as the vehicles of his vengeance. In this dramatic and
influential epic, Milton tells the story of the serpent and the apple, the fall
of man and the exile from paradise in stunningly vivid and powerful verse.