In “Paradise Lost” by John Milton‚ Milton describes and creates the character of Satan into a protagonist. Through various descriptions of loyalty and courage‚ Milton shows Satan in an air of heroism. Typically‚ a hero is a person faced with challenges who eventually overcomes those challenges to become prosperous. In “Paradise Lost”‚ Satan is described like the traditional hero‚ even though his path is for evil. Satan is a multifaceted character in that he possesses all the qualities that makes
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The Commencement Address Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is. My own commencement speaker‚ who shall remain nameless‚ began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This raised my expectations‚ and then he went onto speak for 26 minutes‚ so I’m just going to tell you now: 12 minutes flat‚ 11:45 if you don’t laugh. Congratulations to all of you here
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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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10/31 Portrayals of Satan - Hero or Villain? In “Paradise Lost” one of the main characters‚ who is normally portrayed in biblical‚ mythical and in popular culture to be a evil and antagonistic figure; in this book is portrayed as a identifiable character and God as wrathful and distant. This makes Satan even more appealing and heroic. Why is this? Well‚ in the book Satan is portrayed as a rebel against a tyrant by the name of God. Everything is fine in heaven until prideful Satan challenges God and
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Paradise Lost‚ has been brewing for centuries. One would gather that Milton‚ a Puritan‚ would have no problem casting God as the hero‚ and Satan as the antagonist. But looking back in history‚ Milton saw that most epic heroes had conflicts that prevented them from accomplishing their goals. God and his Son have no conflict‚ and Adam’s story doesn’t really begin until the Fall of Man. Therefore‚ Milton was forced to select Satan as the hero of Paradise Lost because he adheres to the guidelines of
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| Dante ’s Satan and the Medieval Thought | Sympathy for the Devil | | Maria Roberta Vella (374890M) | 2/6/2013 | | Dante ’s Satan and the Medieval thought When reading the Divine Comedy‚ one realizes that the Middle Ages‚ as far as they may be‚ they preserve a reality so close to us that one remains amazed. The question that arises naturally is whether it is Dante‚ that looks forward and is therefore able to make us conscious of our past and consequently relate the
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For twelve years‚ you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values. I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world‚ and if you wish to know why you are perishing-you who dread knowledge-I am the man who will now tell you.” The chief engineer was the only one able to move; he ran to a television set and struggled frantically with its dials. But the screen remained
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Sonnets are usually about love. Their tone sound very nice‚ easy to read and they can be sung. Sonnets are taken as a challenge for many poets because freeverse is easy and linear. “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent” is a Sonnet written by John Milton. “Nothing in Heaven Functions as it Ought” is a poem by X. J. Kennedy. Even though these Sonnets are similar in structure they have a very different in tone. These poems may not appear to be about love or to be romantic‚ but in a religious way love
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Unchartered Territory: A Discussion of Originality in the Works of 17th Century Poets John Donne and John Milton In a century that produced some of the English language’s greatest authors‚ poets John Donne and John Milton have emerged as two of the most significant. They both possess a deep intelligence and Orthodox Christianity from which flows their poetry of 17th century England. Little else‚ however‚ marks their work as similar. Milton’s use of ancient form and method associates him with
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Early on Milton Hershey had a rough start. He had faced many adversities before the age of eighteen. Milton was born on September 13‚ 1857 in Pennsylvania (Schuette 5). He was an only child for most of his life. Hershey had a younger sister who “contracted scarlet fever in 1867 and succumbed to complications accompanying that disease” (qtd. in Shuman). This left him the only children of Henry and Fanny (Ginzl). Hershey’s father aspired all his life to become rich some day. Most of his plans were
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