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In John Milton's "Paradise Lost," the reader witnesses the dramatizing power possessed by Satan, and how he takes advantage of this power in order to satisfy his own causes. This paper studies the character of Satan and shows how Milton uses human characteristics such as the ability to manipulate, the capability of deception, and the power of persuasion to personify Satan - and in this way allows the reader to see the bad in evil and sin through Satan, and the good and justifications in the judgments of God.

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"Using flattery to compliment her beauty, and allowing her to recognize the fact that all of Eden's animals adored her, he slyly inserts the proposition that will allow her to become greater in power and being, "A Goddess among Gods," rivaling the omnipotent power possessed by God. Satan came in the form of a snake, the only reptile and animal that could have the ability to pluck the forbidden fruit from the tree. When questioned how he attained the ability to talk and interact, he simply answered that he ate the fruit of the tree, and received the knowledge equal to that of a human. Immediately, this inserts the subject of curiosity into the mind of Eve, whose free will allows her to wonder exactly why the fruit of the tree is forbidden."

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