"Better reign in hell than serve in heaven".
Would you please someone Explain of this sentence?Everybody wants freedom but when someone gets all the needs of life by way of serving another he misses the taste of freedom. He gradually turns into the slave of his boss or master. He does not think of his own freedom at that time rather thinks of the facilities given by his master. He is then used as a doll of his master's hand. He can not do anything according to his will. On the contrary, a man who lives a free life getting fewer facilities of life is happier than the subservient rich one. In this context we can refer to the poem ' The Happiness of Freedom' written by Rajanikanta Sen. In the poem the poet compared the life of a sparrow that lives in the brick-built house and thus safe from sun, rain and storm and the life of a tailor bird that lives in his own made house facing the sun, rain and storm. When the sparrow talks of its facilities in the building and the sufferings of the tailor-bird in its nest, the tailor bird replies that it suffers in its own house. It is her pride that she lives in her own house. But the sparrow lives in other's house and the owner of the house may get her out anytime. So it is better to live free getting some pain than to live comfortable depending on other's mercy.

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"Better reign in hell than serve in heaven".
Would you please someone Explain of this sentence?Everybody wants freedom but when someone gets all the needs of life by way of serving another he misses the taste of freedom. He gradually turns into the slave of his boss or master. He does not think of his own freedom at that time rather thinks of the facilities given by his master. He is then used as a doll of his master's hand. He can not do anything according to his will. On the contrary, a man who lives a free life getting fewer facilities of life is happier than the subservient rich one. In this context we can refer to the poem ' The Happiness of Freedom' written by Rajanikanta Sen. In the poem the poet compared the life of a sparrow that lives in the brick-built house and thus safe from sun, rain and storm and the life of a tailor bird that lives in his own made house facing the sun, rain and storm. When the sparrow talks of its facilities in the building and the sufferings of the tailor-bird in its nest, the tailor bird replies that it suffers in its own house. It is her pride that she lives in her own house. But the sparrow lives in other's house and the owner of the house may get her out anytime. So it is better to live free getting some pain than to live comfortable depending on other's mercy.

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It is better to be free in hell than to be a slave in heaven.

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The writer might expect readers to recognize "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heav'n" as a famous quotation from "Paradise Lost," by John Milton.

The writer uses it to mean that freedom is better than comfort, and that we should never seek comfort at the cost of freedom.

That wasn't what Milton meant, though. In Milton these are the words of Satan (the Devil, the evil archenemy of God... possibly like Iblis?). Since Satan is saying it, it is wrong! Satan is saying that it is better to be free than to serve God.

"Paradise Lost" is considered a major classic of English literature--but it is one of those classics that almost nobody reads. (The only person I know who has actually read it was an English major in college and read it as part of her studies). I've never read it and don't plan to, but I know the quotation.

LIke Dante's "Divine Comedy," "Paradise Lost" has shaped our ideas of heaven, hell, and Satan. Many things that people think are in the Bible are really from "Paradise Lost."

In "Paradise Lost," Satan is a former angel who rebels against God and is punished by being cast into hell. Satan is saying that freedom is more important to him than anything else; he would rather pursue his personal wishes than serve God.

"...Here at least
We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choyce
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n."

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Being a boss versus being a worker. My guess is this saying points to the desirability, no matter the conditions, to directing a course of action rather than being told how to work/serve.