All these humanlike characteristics tie into Satan's character, such as: anger, insubordination, jealousy, remorse, and a sense of self-importance. ... 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. ... Satan yells, "How due! ... Whether Satan is or is not a hero in this poem is debatable. ...

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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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This is exactly the case with John Milton's Satan from his poem Paradise Lost. ... Milton, however, fails in making Satan powerful by including so many contradictions between good and evil within the character. ... (Stein 3) The result of the complexity of his character is that Satan becomes a weak, confused character. These contradictions in personality that cause Satan to be such a weak character can be seen throughout the poem. ... What though the field be lost? ...

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Despair In John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, we are given a beautiful interpretation of the story of Genesis. ... Satan assumes the role as the main character, Adam and Eve are his pawns for destruction and God is just a bystander. ... In Paradise Lost, Satan is a complex character which undergoes much change and turmoil throughout his journey to destroy mankind. ... The climatic point in Paradise Lost or even Genesis is the moment in which both Adam and Eve bite into the forbidden fruit. ... While Adam and Eve have lost their utopian paradise they will journey out into a new wor...

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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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