Milton's Satan: the unexpected theologian in Milton's Paradise

• Main Author: Sim, Jaryl
• Other Authors: Christopher Peter Trigg
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70560
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

For centuries, the issue of Milton's Satan as a hero has been widely debated by literary critics, with the Romantic notion dominating throughout the 17th century. This paper seeks to explore how even in his fallen state, Satan is neither a hero nor a villain, but an instrument of God who unknow...