Satan in paradise lost

Satan Satan is the first major character introduced in the poem. Formerly called Lucifer, the most beautiful of all angels in Heaven, hes a tragical fgure who describes himself with the now-famous quote Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heavn. He is introduced to Hell later on he leads a failed rebellion to wrestle supremacy of Heaven from God. Satans desire to rebel against his creator stems from his unwillingness to be reduce by God and his Son, claiming that angels are self-begot, self-raised,4 thereby denyingGods authority over them as their creator. Satan is deeply arrogant, albeit powerful and charismatic. Satans persuasive powers are evident passim the book not only is he cunning and deceptive, exclusively he also is able to rally the angels to continue in the rebellion after their agonising defeat in the Angelic War. He argues that God rules as a tyrant and that all the angels ought to rule as gods. 5 Satan is comparable to(predicate) in many ways to the tragic h eroes of classic Greek literature, but Satans hubris far surpasses those of previous tragedies.Though at times he plays the narrative region of an anti-hero, he is still commonly understood to be the antagonist of the epic. However, the lawful nature of his role in the poem has been the subject of much reputation and scholarly debate. While some scholars, like the critic and writer C. S. Lewis, show the poem as a genuine Christian morality tale, other critics, like William Empson, view it as a more ambiguous work, with Miltons confused characterisation of Satan playing a large part in that perceived ambiguity. 6