Epic Hero In John Milton's Paradise Lost

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.

What is he calling? According to the quote, in order to kill more children of the God, the Satan will confuse them to have wars. This is an action of evil. But this also make us wonder, how we not be evil but is attract by an evil action? The answer is this is we are born savagery.

The monster wants so badly to be Adam, loved by his creator God, and yet he resorts to the methods of Satan. He carries this misery and hatred because “You my creator, would tear me to pieces and

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 which, Satan withstands the subtle title of an embellishing evil as well as the opening of danger given the opportunity. Throughout Paradise Lost, Satan is living his time of existence through sins and lies, leaving evil in every path he takes. Since this is Milton’s portrayal of the fall of man, once can assume assume that much is a fictional account; however, much of Milton’s poem comes from the book of Genesis. Scripture references the Book of Genesis, in which Eve is tempted by Satan; who appears so deceivingly in serpentine form. By eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, she indulges herself within the fallacious fate of the devils corruptive nature.

After Doctor Faustus’s sin where he makes pact with Lucifer, he still has opportunity for redemption, all that he needs to do is to ask God for forgiveness. During the play we can notice many times that good angel and also the old man advices Doctor Faustus

Victor selfishly creates the Creature to gain prestige, pretentiously claiming himself as a human god when he succeeds and saying it was for the sake of humanity. In reality, he creates a grotesque being and abandons it the moment his illusions shatter, making the creature a victim because he denies the responsibility of raising it causing hardships for it. Victor also believes the creature is a reprobative individual since it kills his brother and foists Justine’s execution, thus he acts inimical towards it throughout the whole novel as he invectively exclaims, “Abhorred monster! Fiend that thou art! The tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for thy crimes” (93).

It is true that throughout William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet is insane. Hamlet's insanity goes onward well with the drama story to bring thrill and insecurity. Even though Hamlet says to the audience that he is not insane, it is just part of his evil scheme for the king of Denmark:Claudius. Claudius murdered his brother, takes over the throne and marrying his brother's wife. Hamlet finds out the truth and aims to discover more information about his father's murder and he does this by being insane.

The idea of Hell itself in most Judeo-Christian denominations begins with the simple premise of being a place for those who have either sinned or turned his or her back on God, damning them to an eternity of punishment and suffering. A major idea presented in Inferno is the idea of the contrapasso. Justin Steinburg in his essay “Dante’s Justice? A Reapprasial of the Contrapasso” summarizes the idea by explaining it as a balance of crime and punishment in Hell. In canto 28 in the Inferno, the Dante first poses the idea in text when Bertran de Born must carry his own head in his arms after separating father from son.

The difference between Adam and Satan in becoming the tragic hero is that Adam seeks redemption for the wrong that he has done. It is expressed in Book XII of the epic, where Adam learns of the future and seeks to correct his wrongs saying, "Beyond which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learn, that to obey the best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His Providence, and on him sole depends" (Paradise Lost 12.560-4). Adam embraces the humiliation of his flaws and seeks for repentance, unlike Satan, and truly represent the tragic hero of this epic