Paradise Lost
In John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost there are a series of themes that are presented either in an implicit or explicit way that brings the reader to want to read on. The characters capture the reader's undivided attention, in the sense that one begins to feel for them even if they are the Devil. As in most tragedies their exist a hero in which that hero falls due to pride. In Paradise Lost the hero would be Satan in the sense that he makes a conscious decision to not bow down to the Son of God, or God because he thinks himself equal to him. But the actual heroes are Adam and Eve because they have acknowledged their faults and have learned from them. Satan breaks from God's rule and demonstrates independence from God and his host of angels. In an attempt to become God, Satan has in his own form become a creator. He has taken the worst of a situation and turned it in his favor. Satan's heroism is found in his determination to carry out a deed (whether it bee good or bad) and succeed, but his deeds are aimless and he lets his anger out on beings that had nothing to do with his fall. Consequently, his deed was to turn God's purest and most treasured creatures, into corrupted beings as a form or revenge. Satan is more th
In book two is where Satan and his devils think up the idea to destroy God newest creation as form of revenge, by turning man against God. Instead of fighting with the angels and God, in Heaven he resorts to humans. Satan has created evil, Hell and in the process will be able to recreate man (in the sense that man and woman, in the end, are not the same man and woman God had created or had in mind). He goes from turning into a Cherub, to trick Uriel who does not see Satan hypocrisy, "the only evil that walks/Invisible," to other animals. Satan here is demonstrating his ability to live on even though he no longer has access to heaven. However, what distinguishes Satan from other tragic characters is the fact that he is never humbled. He immediately takes note of the fact that Eve has a love for herself and physical features. 635-45)In this quote Satan feels that he and his team of angels were deceived to a certain point. After seeing God's creation, Satan begins to feel sorry and remorse for himself . Towards the middle of the poem, Satan is viewed, more as a pathetic character, as oppose to a sympathetic character. Satan is in increasing pain especially when he comes close to God's creation. In his speech we see evil in its extreme, where he has taken a place that is opposite to Heaven and made it his paradise which we will call, Lost Paradise.
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