The diction Satan employs in this phrase also illuminates his intense perturbation at the thought of recognizing God as superior.as "wrath or power" , “extortion,” “bowing down and calling for mercy,” and “the terror of this arm” describe God as an overbearing tyrant (I.110-113). This conveys Satan's despondency at God's failure to mutually recognize Satan as God asks to be glorified. Although Satan never manages to reconcile his two rival desires, his attempts to gain autonomy and recognition from God result in catastrophic circumstances, both for Satan and for humanity. As previously established, Satan travels to Eden to tempt humanity. To do this, Satan convinces Sin and Death to allow him to pass through the gate of Hell. The immediate result of this is that Satan also releases the Sin and Death that paved the way: From hell they continued to reach the extreme orbit of this fragile world; whereby perverse spirits With easy intercourse pass to and