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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

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Satan in Paradise Lost

Gustave Doré, Depiction 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