... seen as having good traits and probably never warranted God's harsh punishment. For this reason, the character of Satan can be considered unique; also, it caused heated debate among critics. His rebellion against God is a result of his pride and his aspiration to continue the war of revenge, envy, and love of Evil. Satan's villainous intentions were seen when he tried to destroy the hierarchy ... followed a more idiomatic rhyme pattern that Philip Sydney employed in the initial great Elizabethan sonnet cycle about Astrophel and Stella that was published in 1591. This pattern included a ...

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