Through the examination of the central characters in The Iliad, The Faerie Queene, and Paradise Lost, one can come to comprehend this transition throughout the epic tradition. ... In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Milton uses the anti-hero, Satan, as a tool to expose the flaws within England's political system at the time. ... Satan is a traditional hero as his qualities reflect the attributes valued in his society; however, Milton also suggests that these modern heroes should be questioned. ... Milton ridicules dishonest politicians (Tchokoté) through his mock trial. ... This p...

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This is exactly the case with John Milton's Satan from his poem Paradise Lost. ... Milton even writes at one point that Satan can be admired and not feared (Milton II.677- 678). ... 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. ... (Rajan, 95) The power that his heroism could possess is soon lost because of its devotion to 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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Just as Eve in Milton's Paradise Lost is mesmerized by her own image as she sees it reflected in the water of one of Eden's rivers, to her own image Belinda "bends, to that her eyes she rears." ...

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