Presentation of Satan in Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost which has been written by John Milton, is the longest poem of him. In this poem Milton tells us a classical Adam and Eve story by a different way. Milton sees himself as a prophet while he is writing this poem. His aim is, to show and vindicate God's aims to people. He wants to see past and get a divine thought. While Milton was writing this poem he made very good presentation …

…critics who criticize Milton's Paradise Lost, we can see that these critics thought that Milton defended and try to prove to be right the Satan by unconsciously. If we compare Milton's presentation of Satan with Dante's Satan we can say that Dante's Satan is much more cruel and bad but Milton is not as cruel as Dante, so in my opinion Milton's Satan and Fallen Angles are successful but not as realist as Dante's Satan.