John Miltons Paradise Lost
...and thus Satan tries to corrupt Gods new world and creature or simply Earth and humankind in general. Paradise Lost gives a different insight on Satan, is he a hero or merely a fool?
Paradise Lost, being an extremely long, epic poem was written in numerous books that each had their own meaning and gave specific details in Satan's journey and his plot. Book one describes how Satan and his followers were expelled from Heaven and are trying to get back in, how Satan will settle for Gods "New World", and is giving the basic synopsis of the entire poem (Milton 5) In the books that follow many things happen. Satan for one travels to the New World that God has created to entice Gods new creature to sin against God (Milton 26) Throughout the entire phase of Satan's long journey to Earth, God is well aware of Satan's motive and of his plan, but does nothing God decided that man must obey Him and declare divine justice in order to receive His grace ( (Milton 53) . Satan finally reaches Earth and tries to entice Eve into taking an apple off of the Tree of Knowledge which God said strictly not to do, but is stopped by the angels Michael and Gabriel (Milton 124). Satan is forced to come back to Eden at night and to inhabit a serpent Satan then speaks into Eve's ear while she was sleeping and Eve had a dream about the Tree and of how sweet the fruit looked. The next morning Eve tells Adam of her dream, then runs off to the tree where the serpent is waiting. Satan finds Eve alone and entices her to do wrongly against God. Eve then eats an apple off of the Tree of Knowledge and God casts Adam and Eve out of Paradise (Milton 182).
Because of how Paradise Lost is written, many opinions have come out of what the real meaning Milton was trying to get by. Heaven and paradise are two things that are in great detail in Paradise Lost. Some say the reason that Satan revolted is because...
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