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Illusion Of Hope In Milton's Paradise Lost

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Milton’s Illusion of Hope, An Analysis on Milton’s Paradise Lost
"Which way I fly is Hell; my self am Hell" (IV-75)
Most interesting and unpredictable character in Milton’s Paradise Lost is Satan. Milton encourages the reader to empathize with Satan. However, again and again this empathy strengthens and loosens due to the Satan’s overly complicated characteristics through the text. Despite his glorious and ambitious appearance at first, he slowly descends and questions his actions. The aim of this paper is to analyze Satan’s descent and try to guess why Milton could have designed his own Satan in such a way.
Book I includes Satan’s rise in hell. He and his followers were punished by God for rebelling against him. From the beginning, it is normal …show more content…

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