Satan as a Renaissance Hero/ Satan as a Fallen Hero/ Satan’s False Heroism/Analyse Satan's address to Beelzebub in Paradise Lost (Book I). How does it reflect the heroic qualities of Satan?

Satan as a Renaissance Hero/ Satan as a Fallen Hero/ Satan’s False Heroism/Analyse Satan's address to Beelzebub in Paradise Lost (Book I). How does it reflect the heroic qualities of Satan?

Milton’s Satan is ‘the most heroic subject ever chosen for a poem’, and the execution is as perfect as the design is lofty. In the words of Addison, he is ‘the most exalted and most depraved being’. Infact, the grandeur of Paradise Lost (Book- I) is chiefly owing to Milton’s treatment of Satan. The poet has imported to Satan human sentiments and feelings and it is the mingling of angelic power, human feelings and devilish cunning that makes the character as one of the most sublime and tragic figures in the world literature.

Milton’s Satan embodies the indomitable spirit of rebellion. In Book- I of the epic, we see him in the moment of his greatest disaster of his life. There is no lower point to which he could be pushed down by fate or fortune. We see him as a fallen creature, his face and form disfigured, stunned by his defeat and downfall, he is an object of terror and pity. But amidst this also he does not lose his courage. About himself he says that he cannot give up he resolves arising from his sense of being wronged. He regards his defeat in the battle as of no consequence, and still burns with the desire of revenge. Infact, God’s vengcance or power cannot rob him of his glory. He remains undaunted even in his defeat. There is a rapid upward sweep of an immense energy expressed in the words of superb defiance:

                          ... What though the field be lost?

All is not lost; the unconquerable will

And study of revenge, immortal hate,

And courage never to submit or yield;

And what is else not to be overcome?”..................................................................................

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