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Allusions:

Hell = Earth Starting from around line 572 Milton draws hell to us, in a sense that it is really similar to the human world, where both have valleys, rivers, streams, continents (lands), and other geographical aspects. Then from line 621 or possibly sooner, Milton draws a connection between the human world and hell, as both world contain death and other things (possibly the 7 sins; lust, gluttony, envy, anger, greed etc.).

Adam + Eve = Satan We can draw this connection from Book 2, as both were victims of the fall from heaven or paradise. Then in starting from line 345, Beelzebub gives a short speech/quote on Man, as they were created in "another world", less powerful than the almighty.

Sin + Satan = Death "till my womb Pregnant by thee", Sin came from Satan, and then Death came from Sin and Satan, as this line from Book 2 shows that Satan made love with Sin and had a baby, Death. A quite similar story to Adam and Eve. Since Eve did come from Adam's rib, he is the one who basically gave birth to her, then fell in love with her. But as a result of eating the apple they were led to having a life of death and pain.

The whole conversation in which the characters picture the middle world, Earth, draws a picture in which many people in Milton's period thought and imagined of. We also have this picture in the modern world in which the devil and angel are fighting and the humans are in the middle. Like in the movies in which people are having a conflicts inside them, on what to do, the devil appears on one side of the head and an angel on the other.