... 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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... 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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