Skip to Main Content

ENGL 2210 - Early British Literature - Essay 2: Paradise Lost - Satan

Topic 3

3. In Paradise Lost, what is Milton's purpose for making Satan the way he is in the epic poem?

John Milton

Painting of John Milton

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John-milton.jpg#/media/File:John-milton.jpg

Satan in Paradise Lost

Engraving of Picture of Satan

Gustave DoréDepiction of Satan, the central character of John Milton's Paradise Lost c. 1866

By Gustave Doré - https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/milton/john/paradise/complete.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=325028