Who Is Satan A Hero

What defines someone as a hero? The great deeds the person performs, their humility, their journey, and their leadership are all common traits of a hero, but it depends from what perspective the person is being viewed from if they are a hero. In the case of Paradise Lost, characters view Satan from countless different angles because each character he encountered has a different perspective of him. The inhabitants of Hell view him as a powerful leader who accomplished great deeds for their sake. Satan is a hero to his people, but his fatal flaw proves to be his downfall. There is no doubt that the actions that Satan carried out are perverse, yet he is attractive because of his use of rhetoric. He is a master of using rhetorical devices in order

When devising the plan to engage in a war with the powers of Heaven and to retaliate when being sent to Hell after losing the battle, Satan’s foe is always God. When Beelzebub proposed the plan to go to Earth and turn mankind against God, no one volunteered: “This said, he sat; and expectation held / His look suspense, awaiting who appeared / To second, or oppose, or undertake / The perilous attempt; but all sat mute, Pondering the danger with deep thoughts; and each / In others countenance read his own dismay / Astonished” (II. 417-423). All of the demons in Hell realized that this would mean fighting against God again, which was not something that they wanted to undertake on their own. When Satan stepped in to accept the challenge, all of the ex-angels were grateful that they had him to take on their greatest supernatural enemy. Eventually, God punishes Satan’s evil plan by turning the demons into snakes. Satan’s perversity is his fatal flaw because he is always fighting the forces of good in Heaven. Those forces always eventually win. Along the way, Satan receives help from supernatural forces. One of them is God’s own angel, Uriel. Satan comes in contact with one of God’s angels that guards over the universe from the surface of the Sun. Satan makes himself shift into the form of a young angel who is looking for the way to Earth.

The defining characteristics of a classic epic hero are noticeable in the character of Satan in Paradise Lost. He is a hero from the viewpoint of the fallen angels because he appears to have selflessly taken the long, dangerous journey upon himself for the greater good of his people. Satan was successful in his mission to Earth because he was able to spite God in retaliation for being sent out of Heaven. The demons did not want to personally take on God because of his power, but when Satan volunteered himself they were grateful they had a leader who would sacrifice himself for them. Eventually, the powers of Heaven succeeded because God turned the demons into snakes to torture them. If Satan had not always battled the forces of good, then he would not always lose Heaven; his need to defy Heaven is his fatal flaw. Although Satan is not the perfect hero, his followers see him as someone to look up