What I found most interesting
about Paradise Lost was Milton's portrayal of Satan. Even though everyone
already knows that Satan is obviously the bad guy, you cannot help but feel a
little bit of sympathy for him in some shape or form. Yes, Satan is full of
pride and hatred for mankind, but he states that it is God’s fault for making
him this way, which then leads him to think that God has set him up to fail.
Not only does this shed bad light on God, it makes Satan actually look like the
protagonist and God like the antagonist, at least for part of the book.
Eventually Satan just ends up reminding me of an immature child acting out
because their feelings got hurt. Satan even freely admits that God does in fact
love him, but still Satan rebels against him. Why? Is Satan’s pride and vanity
so strong that he cannot stand the fact that he is not as powerful as God? Even
in the first book of Paradise Lost when it came to the battle against God,
Satan seriously thought he had a chance at winning the battle, when obviously
he did not. This makes it obvious that Satan views himself better than anyone,
even God.
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