"Paradise Lost"

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This paper addresses Milton's usage of the epic hero through the characters of Adam and Satan. It then moves to discuss Adam and Eve's perspectives of their first meeting of one another. Finally, the author considers the soliloquies of Satan and Eve, after their sin, in order to portray the nature of sin.

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"Milton's Utilization of the Epic Hero, Male and Female Perspective, and the Soliloquy in Paradise Lost 1. Milton addresses the ideas of epic heroism through the two different characters of Adam and Satan in Paradise Lost. His means of creating or illustrating these various heroes is accomplished through ethical, imaginative images and stages of heroism. Milton begins his epic with the heroic character of Satan. From the beginning, it appears that Satan will be the hero of Paradise Lost. It is his story that is unfolded, and he is given the task of re-creating himself, which gives him a heroic situation. When told from Satan's perspective, Milton draws the readers into Satan's predicament. Milton also uses heroic imagery to capture the persona of Satan. He is described as having parts "extended long and large/ Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge ..."

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