... his goals; he wants to be in control of the universe. He uses his eloquent speaking skills to convince the other angels to fight with him against God in a war he knows he cannot win. All of the same qualities that help him succeed in forming his army are the same characteristics that ultimately lead to his defeat. Milton writes the character of Satan in Paradise Lost in such a way that it makes ... it almost impossible not to like him. The readers at any given ... moment admires him or feels sorry for him. Rostrevor Hamilton states about the character of ... ...

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... kinds of new interpretations of the great epic. Milton's purpose in writing the epic was to explain the biblical story of Adam and Eve. Although the epic is similar to the Bible story in many ways, Milton's character structure differs from that of the Bible's version. All through out the epic, Milton describes the characters in the way he believes they are. In Paradise Lost, he tells the story of Satan's banishment from Heaven. He and his army have plotted war against God ... and are now doomed to the fiery pits of hell. The complex character of Satan ... ...

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... God created man first. After God had noticed that Adam needed a companion, He created Eve out of Adam's body parts. Eve is depicted as an oblivious woman in Paradise Lost because of Milton's poor relationships with women in the past. In the book, The Divorce Tracts of John Milton, John Milton states "The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the control of their opinions" (43. 9-10). In Paradise Lost, the character Eve is very different than Eve in the Bible. Because of ... John Milton's relationships, his readers and researchers believe that his representation of Eve is bias...

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Satan's Entrance into the Garden of Eden The fourth book of Paradise Lost tells of Satan entering the Garden of Eden, seeing its beauty, seeing the beauty of man, and plotting the destruction of man as his revenge on God. Milton describes the garden in vivid detail, using both symbolism and metaphor to convey the sense of awe experienced by Satan to the reader. Satan, while in this lush, symbolic paradise, is also being described by Milton metaphorically. Milton uses this style ... that one of the main themes Milton is trying to convey is that rebellion has consequences. While the passage of ...

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... the reader does not engage in thinking about what Satan is feeling or what is running through his mind. In Paradise Lost, this is very different. The character of Satan is viewed with pity and the reader can not help but to think what would make Satan hate human kind so much?! The following essay, will explore these questions and prove the point that Milton portrays his character of Satan as a sympathetic creature. God ... drove the devil out and created man. If the devil did not betray God ... be forced to continue in it for eternity," "In John Milton's Paradise Lost, he tells of Satan...

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... 's "Paradise Lost" is an attempt to justify the ways of God concerning Creation and the fall of man. Part of Milton's effort at justification is providing the characters of Adam, Eve, and Satan with a measure of humanity and depth not found in the Bible. As a result, the characters and their motivations are much more complex, thus making it much easier for the complex human audience to relate to them. Adam in particular is a remarkably deep character, blending ... lot in life by saying, "The link of nature draws me: flesh of flesh, / Bone of my bone thou art" (9.914-915)". Adam chooses t...

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... as being a figurehead to God, the angels, and especially Adam yet her intelligence is clearly lacking. Yet this seems to fit in the world that she lives in, as it is a clearly male superior world. Milton creates a dramatic evolutionary change in Eve as after she eats the apple from the Tree of Knowledge, her personality and overall role is that of a far more developed character's. Therefore, Milton within Paradise Lost creates a scene that ... is historically portrayed as being completely negative, the Fall of Man, as, in the end, being at least partly positive in that one of the main c...

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... who said "Milton who saw himself as personally sanctioned by God may suggest an admiration for the grand being who dared assault the throne of heaven."" (Abrams, M.H.). Book IX is heavily focused on the fall of Adam and Eve, here we can see many of Satan's characteristics and see if he is qualified to be noted as the hero of Paradise Lost. In book IX from lines 124-143 we hear a section ... character and unwillingness to sacrifice which were not very heroic qualities. The next few lines starting from 130-134 describe Satan's ambition to corrupt man-kind. Milton uses this as a kind of fo...

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... In the epic story of Paradise Lost by John Milton, the character of Satan is the archetype of the tragic hero who has the fatal flaw of hubris, or excessive pride. While journeying to the Garden of Eden and seeing God's creation of Man, Satan reflects upon himself and his past actions through a long soliloquy. He realized that before when he was an angel, his ambition was so great that he was no longer satisfied with the ... kindness that God ... showed him, but instead wanted to be above God. In the following lines we ... ...

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... 's Frankenstein, the title character seeks to recreate the act of creation by making a human being on his own, which becomes known as "The Monster." Yet, was the Monster truly a monster or instead the updated, post Eden operate? If man was created in God's image, then, after the "Death of God" caused by the Enlightenment, the monster was created in man's image; the monster is then representative of man in the post God era. Shelley's novel presents a stark vision of the cost of knowledge ... is humanity after the death of God; a man created with no predetermined fate, alone in the world a...

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... Pink has a strong view of God's just character towards our sinful nature. We are in possession of all the necessary faculties, but we voluntarily misuse them, deliberately following a course of foolishness and wickedness. In the garden, before the fall, Adam had a type of intimacy with God that will not be felt until we are taken to heaven on the day of the Second Coming. After the fall though, our intellectual faculties ... they committed. "After they sinned, their punishment was they were expelled from the garden of paradise having merited for themselves and their posterity sin and de...

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... with good and evil. Satan assumes the role as the main character, Adam and Eve are his pawns for destruction and God is just a bystander. Although, when Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit they lose their utopian paradise it is not the absolute fall of mankind because in the end hope overcomes despair and mankind is saved after all. In Paradise Lost, Satan is a complex character which undergoes much change and turmoil throughout ... his journey to destroy mankind. He was once considered the highest angel under God however, his sins of pride and envy overpower his obedience ... ...

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... , as symmetry to keep the poem in balance. Paradise Lost is a poem essentially about the origin of sin and evil, as a result, Milton presents evil in a more coercive manner than good. Satan and his followers in Paradise Lost are presented as being more evil that God and his disciples are good. God addresses the Son to be in the likeness of him. Although this implies that the Son is a model of perfection as is God, it does not clarify ... to mythical figures makes the reader think more about the subject therefore invoking more thought about Satan's powerful stature. Due to the drama and p...

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