A Comparison of God and Satan in Paradise Lost Essay -- comparison com

Comparison of God and monster in promised land Lost In this essay I shall be focusing on the characters of G-d and match from Paradise Lost by John Milton. Within the essay I shall be attempting to elucidate on the subject areas of ambiguity of the two characters as well as the uncertainty of moral integrity of each, characterized by Johns Miltons use of sentence structure, hugger-mugger thoughts and symbolism. Foremost I would like to look at the room the way in which Milton characterizes the characters of Satan in particular. Milton specifically presents different elements of Satans character by his interaction with those around him. For example it may seem ultimately that Satan (even by his very name) is a creature of great evil. However, Milton shows elements of self surmise and an almost pitiful nature, forming a contradiction of the stereotypical image of what Satan represents. Which way I fly is hell My self am hell The repeat of the word hell exaggerates a sense o f futility now that he has come to background for the first time. The questioning tone implied by the use of the word which however empathises this. The reader no longer needs to label the morality of much(prenominal) a character Satan defines himself with the use of the pronoun my and the preceding definition and judging that My self am hell. Furthermore through Satans own assessment the distancing technique by the word my appears to exaggerate the notion of the definition of himself, the natural hiatus due to the unusual syntax further accentuates this. The use of Miltons alliteration in Racked with deep despair when describing Satans countenance only empathises this pitiful nature. However this sense of self dou... ...ng that G-d deliberately leads Satan into greater evil. From the outset it appears that G-d and Satan remain in opposition together, an important characterisation of Milton. Paradise Lost states that Satan was acting Against the throne and monarchy of G-d . Weston continues this theme by saying that In a fundamental sense, then, the hell of human struggle finish be said to have produced the heaven of peace and harmony. In other spoken communication without the intensity of one character, in Paradise Lost we would be without the other. Works Cited and Consulted Bush, D. John Milton Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1964. Empson, W. Miltons G-d Penguin, London, 1973. Milton, J. Paradise Lost Penguin, London, 1955. Weston, P. Paradise Lost- A overcritical Study, Penguin Middlesex, 1984.