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So, the oration urging them to see
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in the earth all the things they need:
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exactly out of Paradise Lost. And then,
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a little further down the page, you see that Tobin speculates about
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the volcanic terrain they're crossing
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"where for aught any man knows lies the locality of Hell. "
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He even speculates that this is where Hell's entrance might be.
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So, what does McCarthy do
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when he invites us to see the judge as the parallel of Satan?
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I think this is one of the most powerful allusions driving
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readings of this novel.
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Lots of readers have taken Judge Holden as heroic evil,