The status quo is possible without creating an unfair balance of power. Both Satan and Brutus are considered inferior to their later leaders, God and Caesar, and if they had had a stable social ladder perhaps all their chaos could have been avoided. Being forced to submit is a perfect example of a leader abusing their power. “Worship the winner? who now sees cherubim and seraphim rolling in the flood with weapons and standards scattered, until presently his swift pursuers from the gates of heaven recognize the advantage, and, descending, drag us down” (Milton 1.323-327). What kind of entity is God that Satan and the Rebel Angels assume that just kneeling down and begging for forgiveness is the way to successfully regain a place for them in Heaven. The very act of physically kneeling creates a submissive role between follower and ruler and suggests that no one can ever be equal to God. This is precisely why Satan attacked in the first place; believed that there was injustice in God's guidance. A form of punishment is understandable, but if forgiveness for their actions has to come in the form of physical presentation as minor, it becomes degrading to all parties involved. This would create imbalance