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Works of John Milton: Essay Questions And Answers For Review
From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Milton, John
Milton, John
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Essay Questions And Answers For Review
1. The character of Satan is a study in the destructive power of evil.
Show how Satan destroys himself through his commitment to evil by tracing
his deterioration from the haggard though still glorious Archangel of Book
I to the monstrous serpent of Book X.
Answer: Satan, in Books I and II, is still unmistakably an Archangel,
even though the careful reader becomes aware that he already shows some of the
destructive effects of his commitment to evil. We admire his brilliant
rhetoric, and most of us sympathize with ...
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