Satan's New Plan

Near the end of Book I Satan voices his plan for his future endeavors of evil which I found to be particularly interesting. Satan;s words offer foreshadowing of the events to pass later towards the end of the epic. He speaks of a rumor in Heaven of the creation of a new generation, "There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long intended to create, and therein plant a generation, whom his choice regard should favor equal to the sons of Heaven: thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps our first eruption, thither or elsewhere: for this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage..." Satan is talking about the creation of man -- essentially Adam his and Eve who he will corrupt thus leading to the fall of mankind. Satan is making his plans for the future in which he will reek havoc upon the earth and God's precious human kind.