Satan Is My Hero

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Satan is my Hero An epic hero is defined as a brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events. Paradise Lost, as any epic should, starts in media res. This means that the story starts off not at chronological beginning, but in the middle of the story starting with Satan. Throughout Milton’s Paradise Lost, Satan portrays the many characteristics of an epic hero, focusing mainly on speeches, weapons and journeys. Starting off with speeches, we get a taste of an epic hero from Satan in the very beginning of the book. Paradise Lost starts off in the middle of turmoil. Instead of starting at a different timeframe, Milton chooses to feature and describe Satan. Satan having qualities of an epic hero, gives many speeches throughout the book. This is important because it shows a strong point in a character that they play a key role in the literature to be able to provide long speeches that have importance to the plot. Along with speeches, Satan is able use a powerful weapon. If a hero is going to be epic, then he needs to have a good weapon. Satan is the kind of hero who is always ready for battle. After he was banished from Heaven, he made his attire consist of battle armor. When it came time for Satan and his army to fight God’s army, Satan was ready to go. This leads up to another characteristic, hero and antagonist meet and are delayed. When Satan wages war with his one third of heaven army against God’s two thirds of heaven army, he ends up having to face people that might become a problem. Satan goes into the battle all excited and ready to do some damage, but as he progresses through the battle, he realizes the “quality weapon” he owns is not as good as it seems. Upon facing Michael, Satan’s sword gets destroyed when the two clash. Finally, Satan is forced to face the Son, and as an epic characteristic, the
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