In Paradise Lost by Milton, Satan plays both the epic hero and the villain. Since Satan is the only point of view (other than God above) that witnesses all of these early scenes, he must be transformed into the hero for the first few books. However, his villainous ways make their appearance in the latter books. Milton begins the poem in media res and gives Satan the first scene. This makes him the first empathetic …showed first 75 words of 661 total…

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