... 58). He is the main villain of the great heroic poem presented as the epitome of evil incarnate. Satan disobeys God, and the uprising led by him in the Heaven results in the fall of Satan and angels from the light to darkness and suffering. In the poem, Milton did not depict Satan as undisguised evil, since he did not want to risk losing ... of this ill intention, he decides to tempt Adam, make him fall just like him with a claim that he pleases other demons in hell and promises to wage war against other people. This is wickedness since the disagreement was between him and God but not A...

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