... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... be. All these humanlike characteristics tie into Satan's character, such as: anger, insubordination, jealousy, remorse, and a sense of self-importance. With these following characteristics, Satan believed he could overthrow God and take his place as the leader in Heaven. Satan's plan did not work out as he thought it would. As John Milton writes the poem, Paradise Lost, he uses literary devices such as similes, symbolism, ... and motifs and to make Satan seem like a self-deceiver and self-condemner throughout his speech in lines 32-79 within book four. In the beginning of book four, ......

• Word Count: 1227
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• Grade Level: High School

... 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 ... ...

• Word Count: 861
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• Grade Level: High School