Discuss the character of Satan in Paradise Lost and how he i

Discuss the character of Satan in Paradise Lost and how he is represented in Book I. Does he come across as a villain or a hero? As a protagonist or antagonist?

Solution

On the book Paradise Lost there can be a confussion that Satan is a hero because of all the things he has to do in order to accomplish his goal but because the goal is evil itself then Satan can not be the hero, he is in fact the villain, the real heroes are Adam and Eve.

Satan is far from being the protagonist, he is in fact the antagonist because he opposes to the heroes ok the book , he is not an object of admiration.

It is my opinion that the author of the book makes Satan looks heroic in the beggining because he wants us to like him against our own will to prove us how seductive evil is and how mankind needs to fight that seduction.