... , he adopts the perspective of the most evil character of all time. This clever technique captivates the audience entirely. Never before had Satan's words been heard. The Bible is full of God's words (via disciples) and nobody is brave enough to oppose or challenge these sacred religious rules, until Satan, as revealed by Milton. It is as though we are hearing the other side of the story, the other side of the argument. In having this ... argument, Satan is ensuring his eternal damnation, however the mere attempt is wondrously daring. In Paradise Lost' Milton's beliefs are presented thro...

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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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... a tool to promote his own agenda: to shape, and potentially change, the values of his society. Through the examination of the central characters in The Iliad, The Faerie Queene, and Paradise Lost, one can come to comprehend this transition throughout the epic tradition. The first known poems in the classical epic tradition were the two Homeric epics: The Iliad and The Odyssey. Although the authorship of The Iliad and The Odyssey are traditionally attributed to Homer, both poems were actually formed ... the group first falls from Heaven to Hell and regains consciousness, Satan addresses ...

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... his poem Paradise Lost. A hero is generally defined as a great warrior, who shows great courage or the main male character in a literary or dramatic work. Heroic is defined as exhibiting courage or daring and having impressive size, power, or affect. Satan certainly fulfills each of these requirements to be a hero. Along with these heroic qualities that Milton portrays in Satan, he also gives Satan many of the characteristics of a villain ... , "We know, and even Satan knows, that the God against him whom he is contending is omnipotent. But against the settled strength of his heroism, ag...

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... saw aspects of himself in both the characters of Adam and Satan. He was like Adam in that he was the first of his type of creation and was unlike any living creature. The monster, however, felt a stronger connection to the character of Satan in that he was spurned by his creator, Victor, just as Satan was cast out of heaven by God. The creature related his feelings about his identification with the characters from Paradise Lost in the following passage ... ; "Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in ... ...

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