FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Satan
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Adam
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Eve
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God
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Detailed explanation-1: -Satan, formerly called Lucifer, is the first major character introduced in the poem. He is a tragic figure who famously declares: “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven” (1.263). Following his vain rebellion against God he is cast out from Heaven and condemned to Hell.
Detailed explanation-2: -Adam and Eve The poem is called Paradise Lost; well, it was Adam and Eve’s paradise that was lost, and they lost it. They’re the protagonists.
Detailed explanation-3: -Instead, one may be easily entranced by the passages of sorrow and woe, inspirational monologues of marvelous rhetoric, and speeches of uplifting rallying, all of which feature Satan as the primary focus. of the Devil in the poem, Satan is not the hero of Paradise Lost.
Detailed explanation-4: -Satan. Milton’s Satan is one of the most dynamic and complicated characters in all of literature.
Detailed explanation-5: -Satan, because he is a fallen angel, cannot understand the workings of God, therefore only sees Him as he views himself, a tyrant. Satan even goes as far as to give God human qualities. The logic behind it is similar to that of his perspective of God as a tyrant.