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 that successful in his doings, and in other words can be said to be a hero of this great epic, but is not because the reader is presented with characters that fall victim of a similar situation. As a result, they are able to better themselves and their love for God.
             In book one of Paradise Lost, the reader comes into the story in medias res (into the middle of the action), where Satan and his team of rebels are caste into hell by the Son of God. It is at this point where some might feel sorry and sympathy for Satan despite his evil nature. In this book the reader is presented with some of Satan's concerns and frustrations. Satan states:
             But he who reigns Monarch in Heav'n
             Till then as one secure...