In the text Paradise Lost, Satan is very much a main character who has maybe the most dialogue and character development. ... He lost this battle and God banished Satan as well as his followers out of Heaven forever. ... Most readers of Paradise Lost would agree, after reading the first half of the poem they want to sympathize with Satan. ... The status of whoever is reading Paradise Lost is most likely in a similar boat, not in the sense that they are in something like hell, but that they work to end up in a better place. ... I considered this when reading the text and found that Milton just...

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Milton's Paradise Lost explains the biblical story of Adam and Eve. ... This is an excellent example of Satan's use of seduction throughout Paradise Lost. Early in Paradise Lost, Satan establishes himself as a defender of freedom. ... Milton's Paradise Lost demonstrates the thin line between good and evil. ... Throughout Paradise Lost Satan shows many sides to his character, but if one remembers that everything that Satan reveals is reason mixed with obscurity, and lies mixed with the truth, Satan isn't too hard to read and understand. ...

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Satan: The Unlikely Hero The following references to Paradise Lost' means Book 1 only. ... The result was Paradise Lost'. ... This passionate religious perspective is the inspiration for Paradise Lost'. ... In Paradise Lost' Milton's beliefs are presented through Satan as he commands his army of fallen angels. ... Milton's Paradise Lost' is unsettling to the status quo of his readers because Satan is presented as a hero. ...

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As far 'Paradise Lost' is concerned it action has a unity of texture. ... In this particular sense 'Paradise Lost' even excels the Iliad or Aeneid. ... The characters in 'Paradise Lost' are all creatures of gigantic proportions, of super human heights, even if they are 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. ... 'Paradise Lost' is also not without a moral. ...

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In Paradise Lost by John Milton, the author brings about the idea of sin and repentance. ... All three of these characters seem to shun God, but like other sinners, they are punished and given the option to repent and seek forgiveness. While Adam and Eve chose to repent, Satan chose to remain prideful and refused to repent. ... Although Satan was a sinner, he only sought power and desired no mercy from God. ... Evil desires took hold of Satan and did with him as they chose, and Satan allowed it. ...

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That said, modern readers of Milton's Paradise Lost may be inclined to observe Satan's government in Hell as ideal - everyone has an opportunity to speak his piece, and votes are taken when decisions are called for. ... However, twentieth century wisdom does not apply to Paradise Lost, as Milton takes great pains to associate God's council with holiness, and Satan's with wickedness. ... In it, he makes the transition from "utter and middle darkness of Chaos and eternal Night- to the "holy light- and "Eternal coeternal beam- (Paradise Lost, Book III). ... This is a far c...

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Bibliotherapy of the Creature I saw a creature, naked, bestial, which, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, and ate of it. I said, "Is it good friend?" "It is bitter-bitter," he answered; "But I like it because it is bitter and because it is my heart." - Stephen ...

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He put characters of different behaviors and values together and described how they acted together. ... That is why the characters in Zola's work did not think morally; they followed their instincts. ... Some of these works include: Paradise Lost, Plutarch's Lives, and Sorrows of Werther. ... As a result, it was not necessary for her to give physical descriptions of each of the characters. The only part of the story that mattered was what happened to these characters, not what they looked...

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