... his courage (Stein, 4). His positive qualities shine through best when he is leading his followers. These qualities can be seen in a speech he gives to the fallen angels: . . . What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to ... . Leadership ability is also another positive characteristic in Satan. The way he leads the other fallen angels against a powerful adversary is a very admirable trait. Stein describes him after one of his great speeches to the fallen angels saying, "Leader like he subdues own doubts,...

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... eternal damnation, however the mere attempt is wondrously daring. In Paradise Lost' Milton's beliefs are presented through Satan as he commands his army of fallen angels. Milton is concerned with expressing the enormity and reality of Satan in flesh, and in pride. The reader gets the feeling that Milton personally respected ... coming to terms with his sentence of eternal damnation, however he dusts himself off and adopts a leadership role to inspire his fellow fallen angels. His encouragement speeches are exceptionally commendable because he himself must feel bereft of hope. Satan conclu...

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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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... of Adam's sin in the Garden of Eden. It is easy to recognize that this is the origin of sin, and because of this act, the entire human race has fallen into the same sinful lifestyle. Even though we can trace the original sin, it is not easy to put the finger at a particular person or being to blame the origin ... case with Adam and Eve. They were created perfect humans with a sinless nature. "Everything God had created is said to be "very good." The angels ("the host of heaven") are in existence, but none of the angels has yet fallen. Man, nature and God are in perfect harmony. No sin, ...

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... . Almost everyone, at some time in their life has envisioned what heaven could be like. In biblical times heaven was believed to be located in the sky where God and angels dwell (Gen 28:12). For Christians heaven represents the transformed reality by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The semantics of the word heaven is referred as annotatively, connotatively, and denonatatively ... : 1.) Heaven is a place or condition of supreme happiness and peace where good people are believed to go after death, and, especially in Christianity, the dwelling place of God and the angels. 2.) Blissful expe...

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... exemplifies the war of yes and no, the war of good and evil that escalates throughout the novel until it reaches the final breaking point. In an existence so convoluted, a fallen angel becomes a beacon of hope and salvation in an otherwise dark journey. This angel is Lucifer. "Unlike most rouges, who tended to be hotheads an malcontents and very often dangerous ... , soft spoken and beautiful." (pg 59) Naturally this rouge angel chose the form of a woman in direct opposition to a misogynist society and a God who has " no women and no female angels" (pg 72) in his retinue and relegates th...

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• Grade Level: High School