Stein sums up the problem as: If Satan is a tragic hero, it is because we are not honestly willing to test good by evil. ... The heroism in Satan is so evident that it can even help the reader see past the omnipotence of God for a moment. ... They are defiled by the evil to which they are consecrated. ... Everything that can be seen as good in Satan can just as easily be seen as perverted in evil, and the situation is the same with his evil traits. ... The only way he can find happiness is to do evil. ...

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