Paradise Lost: Satan's Character In Milton's first book of Paradise Lost, Satan, the expected evil archfiend of the epic, is actually depicted as a powerful and heroic character. Satan's passionate and ambitious character is more intriguing than God's reasonable and mild personality. Milton ...
内容提示: The image of Satan in Paradise Lost is extremely complex and subtle. He seems to be almost heroic in the earlier portion of the poem, grand and majestic in appearance, fearless in character. However, as the story develops, Satan‟s image changed significantly. In Book I he is...
TheimageofSataninParadiseLostisextremelycomplexandsubtle.Heseemstobealmostheroicintheearlierportionofthepoem,grandandmajesticinappearance,fearlessincharacter.However,asthestorydevelops,Satan’simagechangedsignificantly.InBookIheisastrong,imposingfigurewithgreatabilitiesasaleader,whereasbythepoem'sendheslinksbacktoHellas...