... good or evil. Moreover, in 'Paradise Lost' we have human and super human characters, where as God, Christ, Satan the good and evil angels are super human characters. All of them are endowed the qualities befitting an epic character. For example, Satan in Book 1 is definitely cast in a ... self confidence and courage never to submit or yield, his unwavering resolve, his sympathy for his fallen comrades; are all heroic qualities. In the same way the good as well as bad angels are attributed gigantic stature to fulfill the epic demands. Only Adam and Eve are presented as ... similes, i...

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... persuade others to follow him in his rebellion. When Satan says, "to govern, not to serve" (Anderson, 135) he emphasizes liberty and encourages the other angels in heaven to all join him and his rebellion (McColley, 22). Milton devotes a lot of time to the rebellion scene showing the reader how significant and ... his eyes. Satan gives many speeches throughout the epic that proves that he is persuasive character. Satan was able to persuade "one-third of all the angels in heaven" (McColley, 19) to join with him in his rebellion. Satan gave speeches to his followers that would raise their ...

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... become clear that Satan is likable because he must be so, in order to be what he is "Evil. Satan's essence is embodied in the fact that he is a fallen angel. In heaven, he organized an army with the intention of dethroning God, whom Satan perceived as tyrant. After he and his minions are banished from heaven, having been defeated ... the deep, What if we find Some easier enterprise- (II, 341-345). Meadows 3 These lines, spoken by Beëlzebub, at the instruction of Satan, close the argument among the fallen angels as to what course of action they should take, now that they reside in Hell....

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... become clear that Satan is likable because he must be so, in order to be what he is "Evil. Satan's essence is embodied in the fact that he is a fallen angel. In heaven, he organized an army with the intention of dethroning God, whom Satan perceived as tyrant. After he and his minions are banished from heaven, having been defeated ... the deep, What if we find Some easier enterprise- (II, 341-345). Meadows 3 These lines, spoken by Beëlzebub, at the instruction of Satan, close the argument among the fallen angels as to what course of action they should take, now that they reside in Hell....

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... regain consciousness after having been hurled from Heaven to Hell. The supernatural usually plays a large part in epics, also. In Paradise Lost, the poem opens with Satan and the other fallen angels chained to the burning lake in Hell. After regaining consciousness, they arrange a great plot to determine how they are going to revolt against God. The epic traditionally begins with an ... ...

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... is when Eve eats the fruit and things start to turn around. The epic begins with the fall of Satan to hell when defeated by God and Satan and his fallen angels began to plot a plan to get to Paradise Island and overthrow God. Satan wants to find a way to make Eve commit sin by taking one bite of an apple. Once ... ...

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Paradise Lost Paradise Lost John Milton THE STORY BOOK I The first book (1) introduces the theme of the entire poem, (2) introduces us to Satan and the fallen angels, and (3) tells us that we are reading an epic poem. In order to put himself in the epic tradition of The Odyssey and The Aeneid, Milton uses devices ... the lost ... ...

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