A Heroic Satan In Milton's Paradise Lost

Evil is an ever present aspect within the existence of humanity. Satan, a real and powerful being, constantly influences the world through his evil and manipulative ways in order to bring destruction and chaos to earth. Perhaps one of the most evil characters ever written about, Iago, from Shakespeare’s Othello, also portrays many traits that are similar to those seen in Satan. Throughout the Bible and throughout Shakespeare’s Othello, both Satan and Iago share many characteristics and differences of poisonous evil within their manipulative words, origins of jealousy, and their malicious acts, but differ in where this power comes from. Although many may not believe that Satan is a being present in the lives of all, the Bible portrays him as “the father of lies,” and a “thief” whose purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy (King James Version, John 8:44).

Does Satan seem to a Hero or Villain in Paradise Lost, Book I? Paradise lost; book I by John Milton starts in midias Res with invocation to the muse. He proposes the subject of man’s first disobedience and loss of Paradise they were placed in, Milton emphasis on justifying the way of God to men through Christen believe of Felix Culpa. Milton portrayed Satan as one of the most dynamic and complicated characters in Paradise Lost, book I. Satan can be argued as villainous character as well as a tragic hero in this book. Satan (Lucifer), the chief of rebel angels to go against God, is the greatest villain with many tragic flaws of hubris.

However , in my and other views , Satan is the hero of Paradise Lost , my point of view depending on some features that we use to determine the hero in our real lives . The two important features that found in Satan's character is savvy and persuasion . These Satan's characteristics appeared in the beginning of the epic . When Satan was angry because he has just fallen from heaven . So , he decided to Launch a revolution against God but , he was not sure if that revolution would win or not .

In Dante’s Inferno, Dante thoroughly describes what he believes Hell to be. He lists many sins, along with their punishments and placements in Hell. Strangely enough, Dante does not have a specific circle for idolatry, the worship of idols, or something other than God. This is thought to be strange because idolatry is generally considered a grave sin. One possible explanation of this is that each sin in itself can be viewed as a form of idolatry.

Virgil, who is guiding Dante through the inferno, warns Dante not to talk to the men and women in hell. Dante, though, proceeds to talk to as many people as he can. This is another representation of the lack of self control and self discipline in mankind. Clearly, Dante’s journey through hell could represent every man’s weakness and descent into

However, this is not seen as a solid basis upon which absolute doubt, required by Descartes, can be built. Ironically, his skepticism offers such that I am in a state of doubt, I will also have doubt about the possibility that there could even be a deceiving being. As such, my doubt about the possibility of such a being serves to undermine the greater doubt that is supposed to be generated by this being. In order for the evil demon to generate such a degree of doubt it must be possible for it to exist. However, Descartes does not provide enough proof for his claim of its possibility.

The tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for thy crimes” (93). He is fully aware he the root of all problems, yet he believes the Creature to be censurable and denying to give it a chance of salvation when he breaks his promise and destroys the female creature he was working on; his actions result in his father and Elizabeth’s deaths. This also makes the

Sweet friends, what shall become of Faustus, being in hell forever?” (Marlowe Ch. 1956, Page, 108) We can see that Doctor Faustus realized his sins but there is nothing that he can do now. The soliloquy of Doctor Faustus starts just an hour before his damnation, when he realizes that supernatural powers are reserved for gods and anyone who attempts to deal with them, must face eternal damnation. When the final hour strikes, the devils come to take his soul. Doctor Faustus wanted to go beyond limitations of humanity, in other words he wanted to prove that he can become greater than he presently is.

Frankenstein questions his own morals and purpose, as he realizes, “‘Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred. '” (pg. 133). After viewing such acts of hatred and prejudice committed against him by the people around him, he reconsiders how he should be behaving, and wonders why there are no others similar to him. He explains, “Increase of knowledge only discovered to me more clearly what a wretched outcast I was.” (pg.

(Luciferian and Satanic views of Christianity) Christians believe that Satan is a strongly evil, whose main objective is to destroy lives of the human race. He is mystical being who wonder around searching the one he can attack and he is fully assisted by his multitude demons. They participate in spiritual war, and are a persistent threat to everyone. They live within human beings and be in control of their minds. Christian view Satan as a belief or theory of evil, which his personality cannot be seen.

Pontius especially is perplexed about if others identify him as being evil because he is cast as Pontius Pilate, the “villain” of the passion, year after year. In some of the parts he even plays the role of Satan in the Garden of Eden scene with Mary 1. Pontius’s struggle raises the question for the audience of whether or not people’s perception of us influence how we actually view ourselves. Do we need the validation from a second party to confirm our personal identity? In Part three, Pontius’s actions are especially influenced by how he feels others view him.

Luckily, Our Father Above showed C.S. Lewis how he could write about the many schemes of the devil and his minions. Unfortunately, the Enemy is very sly, and he will try to convince you to believe that the things in the book simply cannot be true. You all, the humans, must not be deceived by this lie. The next time that a voice pops into your head and tries to make you believe that this book is not true, cast him out.