![]() ![]() When he wakes up in Hell, chained to a burning lake, how can we not feel a bit sorry for him? All he really tried to do was overthrow God, which is impossible anyway because we're talking about God here. He's like the greatest Shakespearean actor you've ever seen. Satan is flat-out, hands down, without a doubt, the best speaker in the poem. For many years readers of the poem have been divided over the question of whose side Milton was on: Satan's or God's. OK, maybe likeable is going a bit too far, but nearly every reader of the poem has found it difficult to avoid sympathizing with him to some degree, if not completely. While he possesses an unhealthy thirst for vengeance and havoc like the little red dude with a pitchfork you're used to seeing, Satan is also the most likeable character in the poem. Milton's Satan is one of the most dynamic and complicated characters in all of literature. ![]()
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