How is the character of Satan portrayed in Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’? In the text‚ Satan is one of the main points of focus‚ especially in the first two books‚ introducing him to the reader‚ telling the story of his fall from a position alongside God‚ and how he intends to overthrow God at some point‚ and gain a position of power. Satan could be considered as a hero in this text‚ if his intentions were not bad‚ but still he is attempting to overcome his own personal doubt and weakness and achieve
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use of words that King uses is also interesting. The way King describes him gives you this image of a creepy looking man‚ it kind of scares you in a way. King gives the devil black hair which is another color besides red that we associate with hell or evil. The devil is very tall in this description. King uses height to intimidate the reader and make the devil scarier because people are automatically intimidated by tall people. King also uses the word “skull” instead of head in order to give
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In "To Hell With Dying‚" Alice Walker writes about an old man named Mr. Sweet who occasionally falls into a deep depression and becomes so unhappy with life that he loses the desire to live. Each time this happens‚ a neighborhood girl would come to the rescue and shower Mr. Sweet with love by giving him hugs and kisses‚ as he lay on his death bed. After these “rituals‚” Mr. Sweet shows a miraculous recovery and has the will to live again. This goes on for many years until Mr. Sweet finally dies
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God banished Satan from Heaven. Satan constantly attempted to be the person in charge‚ instead of abiding God’s rules. He could have made a living in Paradise eternally‚ but his rebellious feelings were too strong as he declares‚ "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" (Milton‚ 31). This demonstrates how keen he felt about not being below fellow angels. Multiple happenings like the previously mentioned ones are used as persuasion to see Satan as a hero. Satan is seen as the central and smartest
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distinction between body and soul | |To evaluate the differences between the views held by world religions with regard to life after death | |To understand the variety of views held on Heaven‚ Hell and Purgatory | |To understand the implications that life after death has on our understanding of the Problem of Evil | |To understand the
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(three) specific examples. Throughout the inferno poem‚ it same like Dante the Poet has a strong opinion about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior. He acts as the spiritual supreme judge and he decided who will be in hell and at what level of Hell each sinner should be in. This Dante is unswerving in his judgment. He was not very forgiving for any circumstances‚ and the sinner is judged by the strictest and harshest standards. However‚ Dante changes significantly as a pilgrim
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definable goal: to harm God by making man rebellious and sinful. He is also made out to be the only angel that would stand up to God and rebel; and led other angels into the rebellion and consequently cast into hell. There he easily took control over it and declares: “Better to reign in Hell‚ than serve in Heav’n...” As apparent as this statement is‚ so is the pride of Satan. He has some regretful thoughts about what he did‚ but his pride is too great to apologize to God. He has feelings like us
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demise. the Mephistopheles character in Doctor Faustus seems to mourn his outcast state which was won as a result of trying to know more and be higher than God.‚ “Why this is hell‚ nor am I out of it. / Think’st thou that I‚ who saw the face of God‚ / and tasted the eternal joys of heaven‚ / Am not tormented with ten thousand hells in being deprived of everlasting bliss” (3.76-80). In sum‚ feel the disappointment and pain that happens when they have touched forbidden knowledge and been corrupted by its
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the position he wanted to take over Heaven. This could be considered leadership over land in the path of the hero because Heaven is what Satan truly wants before the battle begins. When Satan lost the battle he and the other devils were cast into Hell into the lake of fire. They constructed a huge
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There was a reason that European colonizers were nick-named the "white devils." They slithered their way in like serpents and turned the known world of the natives into a world of chaos. Every white settler was a Satan in his own way. Mr. Kurtz‚ a leading character in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is the prime example of the white devils in Africa‚ following the pattern set out by John Milton for a perfect Prince of Darkness in Paradise Lost in his portrayal of Satan to a point. Their characteristics
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