Concetti Chiave
- Satan, originally known as Lucifer, was God's favorite angel due to his beauty, intelligence, and strength, but his pride led to his fall from grace.
- The pivotal moment for Satan was God's decision to choose His Son over Lucifer as His successor, sparking Satan's rebellion and war against God.
- Satan's nature transformed from pride and ambition to arrogance and a thirst for revenge, symbolizing the "sin of hubris."
- Despite being cast into Hell, Satan maintained his pride and resilience, embodying a modern character who champions freedom over servitude.
- Satan, while seen as the 'emblem of evil,' exhibits human traits such as intelligence and pride, making him a relatable and complex character.
Satan is the most important character and the icon of ''Paradise Lost'' by John Milton, a protestant epic poem about the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel, and their next expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
The Fall of Lucifer
At the beginning of the history, Satan, still called Lucifer (the angel of light), was God's favourite angel;
he was beautiful, intelligent, and strong, much more than the others, and he truly loved God. He had a good nature but, at the same time, he was very proud:
in fact, when his pride became arrogance, he lost everything he had, and he fell into damnation.
In his opinion, God committed an unforgivable mistake which led him to rebel:
when He had to choose His successor in power, despite Lucifer was His favourite, God preferred His Son to him.
Lucifer, now called Satan, disappointed and angry, decided to rebel.
He became the leader of a group of angels who also rebelled to God, and he moved a war against Him.
The Nature of Satan
From that moment, Satan changed is nature and joined to evil;
his pride and his ambition became arrogance and thirst of revenge, and he committed the worst sin of all, the ''sin of ubris'':
he wanted to be equal to God, or better, he felt equal to God!
In Satan's opinion, God's intelligent was not superior to his and God was stronger than him only for His weapons.
When Satan was driven out of Heaven with his army, and he fell into Hell, he lost his paradise, he lost God's grace, but he never lost his pride and his brave!
He was still powerful and strong-willed, and he was never willing to surrender, repent, or change!
Somehow we can define him like a sort of ''hero'' which fight against any type of tyranny. He is a very modern character, and he is the emblem of freedom — ''Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven'' he said!
The Humanity of Satan
Satan should be considered like ''the emblem of evil'', but he doesn't seem more evil than other ones.
He joined the evil to make evil, but that was not his real nature.
He wanted to change all the good in evil just to hurt God, but only because God had hurt him before!
Intelligence, brave, pride, anger, disappointment and much more... are all feelings which make
Satan a real human protagonist!
It's told that Satan was the representation of Milton himself, but everyone of us can relate to him, because of his humanity!
Domande da interrogazione
- What led to Lucifer's transformation into Satan in "Paradise Lost"?
- In what ways does Satan's character in "Paradise Lost" reflect human traits?
Lucifer's transformation into Satan was driven by his pride turning into arrogance after God chose His Son over him as a successor. Feeling betrayed, Lucifer rebelled against God, leading to his fall from grace and transformation into Satan.
Satan's character reflects human traits through his intelligence, pride, anger, and disappointment. These emotions make him relatable and portray him as a complex, human-like protagonist, despite being the emblem of evil.
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