Satan lands atop Mount Niphates, just north of Paradise, the Garden of Eden. He becomes gripped with doubt about the task in front of him; seeing the beauty and innocence of Earth has reminded him of what he once was. But Hell follows him wherever he goes—Satan is actually the embodiment of Hell. Meanwhile Gabriel sends his angels to scour Paradise and look for Satan. Two of them, Ithuriel and Zephon, find Satan in the shape of a toad, whispering evil thoughts into Eve's ear while she sleeps, hoping to corrupt her dreams. The angels catch Satan and force him to return to his true shape. Eden is described as a garden on a plateau-like mountain. ... Milton depicts the Garden itself in lush, sensuous detail with the two trees — the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge — singled out. The image of Satan sitting in the Tree of Life in the shape of a cormorant presages the entrance of Death into Paradise.

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