... meet specific requirements. One of these requirements was that there had to be a hero in the poem, following the epic style of Homer and Virgil. There has been much debate on the hero of Paradise Lost, and one of the possibilities that is discussed is weather Milton intended Satan to be the hero. This is also suggested by M.H. Abrams who said "Milton who saw himself as personally ... half. Satan is saying he is almost an equal to God because he was able to cause half the angels to refute their alliance to God. These examples of Satan's character show that Milton did not intend for Satan...

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