It is normal for people now not to notice the good things directly in front of them because they seem to always look past something that was already there intended for them. People usually set their eyes on something that they want, and are determined to get it whether it is good or bad for them. It is hard to accept things the way they are already sometimes. It is common that people feel the need to change things to the way they think they should be. All these humanlike characteristics tie into Satan's character, such as: anger, insubordination, jealousy, remorse, and a sense of self-importance. With these following characteristics, Satan believed he could overthrow God and take his place as the leader in Heaven. 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.
In the beginning of book four, Satan is a top of Mount Niaphates having a soliloquy. He admits to being a troubling person. First his blames God for the life he is now living but soon realizes he cannot be mad at anyone but himself. After owning up to himself about what he has done is wrong, he concludes that he is Hell, and wherever he goes Hell follows. Satan simply states, "Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell" (4.75). Most people now consider "Hell" to be an evil place that rebellious people go to after death. It is natural for people to automatically consider Satan evil after learning what he had done. As Satan looks down a top of the mountain, he notices the world God created. As he looks, he now knows it was God's world and not his after trying to overthrow him. As he looks down in jealousy, Satan states, "Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god, Of this new world" (4.33-34). Within this simile, Milton shows how the new world resembles God's image and how he wanted Earth to look.
