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. ... His desire to overthrow God came from jealousy, and once he lost that jealousy became more intense and might have turned into hatred. ... The status of whoever is reading Paradise Lost is most likely in a similar boat, not in the sense that they are in s...

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According to Neil Forsyth, John Milton's Paradise Lost is "an epic poem about the origin of evil" (Forsyth). ... They went on to argue that Paradise Lost's Satan deserves the "tragic hero status" (Kaiter and Sandiuc 453). ... Satan is portrayed this way in Paradise Lost. ... Milton writes the character of Satan in Paradise Lost in such a way that it makes it almost impossible not to like him. ... In the poem Paradise Lost, Milton's Satan crosses over to observe God's new world. ...

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From the War in Heaven through the fall of man in Paradise Lost, Satan's weapon at every point is some form of fraud (Anderson, 135). 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. ...

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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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The book "Paradise Lost" is quite confusing to read, not only the language, (which I need a dictionary to understand), but also the ideas. ... Now we can have expulsion from Paradise, the Exodus, Roman rule and finally coming and crucifixion of Christ. ... And is he really punishing Satan? ... They were thrown out of the Paradise and they went, went without a word of protest. ... So isn't Satan a real hero here? ...

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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. ... 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. ... Undoubtedly, Milton was a great epic poet and 'Paradise Lost' is an outspoken proof of it. ...

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My aim is to do an essay to analyze Paradise Lost by the English poet John Milton. ... Paradise Lost is considered to be his masterpiece. ... The theme of nature is also important in Paradise Lost. ... The final image of Paradise Lost is profoundly forward-looking, an image of gain through loss. ... So, we can consider that Paradise Lost not only reflects a biblical story but also it reflects the author's personal experiences. ...

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This is exactly the case with John Milton's Satan from his poem Paradise Lost. ... What though the field be lost? ... He knows that the field is lost, and that he cannot win, but with his unconquerable will and his courage he finds the power to fight on. ... When he realizes that the fight has been lost, while he does decided to fight on, he decides to fight through underhanded trickery and deceit. ... (Rajan, 95) The power that his heroism could possess is soon lost because of its devotion to evil. ...

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In John Milton's Paradise Lost, the epic poet explores the source of "Man's First disobedience.... During the time period in which Paradise Lost was written, Calvinism was growing as a major branch of Christianity. ... Who can Satan blame? ... In Book I of Paradise Lost, Satan plays an interesting role that does not exist in Genesis so as to inquire further on the source of Man's first disobedience. ... Satan speaks to his Angels and brings up a point that can be directly linked to Adam and Eve: he says, "All is not lost; the unconquerable Will...never to submit or yi...

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In Paradise Lost by John Milton, the author brings about the idea of sin and repentance. ... 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. ... While Adam and Eve both took advantage of the forgiveness God offered them, Satan did not. ...

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The Latin poet Virgil, who was sent by Dante's lost love Beatrice, rescues Dante. ... Satan himself oversees this circle. ... Dante and Virgil make their way past Satan and out of hell. ... Instead Dante's lost lover, Beatrice, comes to guide Dante on the rest of his journey. Dante envisions paradise as nine crystal spheres revolving around the earth. ...

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"I have sought for a joy without pain,/ For a solid without fluctuation..." (The Book of Urizen). How does Blake's poetry comment on Urizen's longings? The Urizenic ideology of immutability is what Blake seeks to subvert and destroy throughout his poetry. Urizen's longings epitomizes the tyr...

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The western theory of utopia originated in the ancient world during the Greek Mythology era where legends of an earthly paradise lost to history, combined with the human desire to create or recreate an ideal society [Nat14]. ... In the book entitled "The Utopian Reader," Thomas More writes about an earthly paradise (Eden), the first inhabitants of this paradise (Adam and Eve), and the origin of the fall of man that led the end of their utopic existence (sin). ... According to More, God provided humans with their every necessity in this paradise. ... This was the case for years until...

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The western theory of utopia originated in the ancient world during the Greek Mythology era where legends of an earthly paradise lost to history, combined with the human desire to create or recreate an ideal society [Nat14]. ... In the book entitled "The Utopian Reader," Thomas More writes about an earthly paradise (Eden), the first inhabitants of this paradise (Adam and Eve), and the origin of the fall of man that led the end of their utopian existence (sin). ... According to More, God provided humans with their every necessity in this paradise. ... This was the case for years until Sa...

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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 Crane The above statement reflects how the individual must have felt during his forlorn life. ...

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Question By contemporary standards is Dryden's Mac Flecknoe Satire or Libel? Justify your response with critical arguments. Answer Dryden in the preface to Absalom and Achitophel says, those who wrongly "imagine I have done my Worst, may be Convinc'd at their own Cost, that I can write Severely, wi...

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Introducing students to a variety of ideas and viewpoints in school encourages them to think critically, creatively, and humanely. The copious range of subjects taught in school assist in enforcing all of these attributes in students; however one subject in particular highlights the focus on creativity above the rest. In English classes across the country, teachers use books to help demonstrate an idea, a culture, a revelation, or an embodiment of someone's soul. Books assist in lessons in history, teach students about their past, and can even strike a spark of passion that forces them ...

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Whenever two novels were written in different time periods, many differences can be found between these novels. They may have been written in different styles for different classes of readers. Viewpoints and beliefs change with time, and the writing styles in these novels reflect this evolution. ...

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