8/5/2023 0 Comments Paradise lost satan![]() ![]() In fact, God gave creatures free will so that they could make their own choices, but this only concerned the human race. However, Satan’s vengeance cannot be fully justified or condemned. Milton may have chosen to portray Satan in this way that would grab the attention of readers and justify God’s actions. However, as the epic continues, his logic weakens, and Lucifer unconditionally obeys his evil intentions, making the plan to seduce people with the fall into his meaning of existence, which finally brings him off the righteous path. ![]() Milton also tries to show Satan when he doubts the correctness of his actions, which makes him more than a common and standard villain. 166) in his chapter called Satan as ‘a creature of mood’, and he believes that Satan’s character is given greater depth by his wavering, slumbering and deceptive ability which apprehends reality through prism of self-deception and forgetfulness. And while his jealousy of God’s new ‘children’ and his desire for independence are understandable, readers can see that his reaction is agitated, unfounded, and even perhaps premature. Milton argues that no one is more powerful than God, and therefore no one should question God’s actions. ![]() And this sense of pride leads to his downfall. As one of the highest archangels in Heaven, Satan feels that he deserves more and does not see the power in other beings more powerful than him and his fellows. However, these parts of his inner world can be transferred to another plane: the desire for independence, which led to a split in the heavenly heaven, pride for his divine origin, which he saw as a higher power and bow before the ‘lower deities’ (first people) did not see the point. And the truth: an angel who was not free to express his, independent opinion and only loved God and the angels too much, whose power and authority he considered the only faithful and worthy of respect and worship. Milton portrays Satan as a character who wants to sympathize at the beginning of the poem. Once exalted by romantics, Milton’s Satan is still regarded by many as a ‘goodie’. Despite the fact that Satan in biblical legends personifies absolute evil, in Paradise Lost he is a more complex and multifaceted character, whose point of view sounds quite convincing. His plan is to corrupt the new creation of God – the first people – Adam and Eve. Now Satan, who, thanks to his rebellious disposition and great conceit, became the main commander of the military and the ruler of the Underworld, has perked up and is ready to rise again to strike a new blow. 163) noted that Satan’s inner debate and self-criticism reveal him as a creature of dynamic tensions, such as the other characters of the poem notably lack.Īfter one of God’s angels, Lucifer, rebelled against his Father, he, along with the other fallen angels who joined him, was exiled to Hell for his disobedience. Even today, literary scholars argue about this supposed Satan and the nature of his actions, because the real Bible described him as unambiguous evil, but not Milton. This essay will look at the tragic part of Satan’s image that is so attractive to readers and how this humanity played a role in his journey from one of God’s archangels to the most famous lord of darkness. But Milton managed to make his image so ambiguous and requiring analysis. Lucifer himself is not a classic character in an epic poem. And the most memorable character in this poem, as well as its driving force, is Satan. But Paradise Lost not only deviates from the church doctrine, but sometimes comes into direct conflict with it. Paradise Lost, in this respect, is the best example. The poet did not completely alter the legends, he only supplemented them. It is known that John Milton was a believer and well versed in the Bible, but it should also be remembered that he interpreted and revealed the essence of the biblical texts in his own way. Since the plot of Paradise Lost is based on biblical legends, the poem was ranked among the books that are considered as a poetic and artistic interpretation of the Bible. Paradise Lost is an outstanding work of world literature, one of the few bright and extant examples of the literary epic, a creation extremely diverse in content and at the same time extremely complex and contradictory, causing controversy and discussion among readers. ![]()
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