Epic Characteristics of Milton's Paradise Lost

Paradise Paradise is one of the best examples of all literary epic traditions. While writing this amazing work, John Milton traced the path of the epic poets in the past centuries: Barbara Levalski noted that "lost paradise" is an epic It is the closest structural aid to Venegen's Aeneid It has affinity ... "But she continues to say that we are also aware of the influence of the epic tradition and the characteristics of epic other than Virginia. . In this poem, Homer 's elements are death and tragedy caused by its lyrical theme, disobedience, and Satan is portrayed as a hero of the Archaelian due to the feeling of injury.

John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is an epic depicting the depravity of Satan and expulsion from Adam and Eve's heaven. Satan is the protagonist of Paradise Lost and has some features that the reader can identify. In the whole poem, Satan is not only a tragic hero but also an important figure in promoting conspiracy and depicting the qualities of many defective humans. Having an angel from the respect of God, and having ecstasy leads to his fall, he represents a tragic hero, which is also a role that the reader may agree. According to classic tragic hero criteria, Satan is a decisive leader and is very arrogant. He knows that God is the most powerful being, but still shows it even more

Various changes in Milton's epic customs have contributed to the amazing effect of Paradise Lost. Unlike classics like Iliad and Aeneid, Paradise Lost does not easily recognize the main character. The most similar feature of Achilles in this poem is Satan, Milton says "epic material and motivation, epic genre custom, and a certain passage of a famous heroic poetic constant tips" It expands to the center (Barbara Lewalski, Rhetoric of lost paradise and literary form 55)). Critics and writers such as William Blake and Percy Bysshe Shelley believe that Satan is the hero of a lost paradise. However, the problem unique to Satan as the hero has made modern critics reject this view. As Lovalsky wrote, "By measuring standards against Satan's heroes, we are aware of their sensitivity to all heroic virtues in literature and their vulnerability and their sensitivity to demonic degeneracy "(78)