Posted by Martha on April 29, 19104 at 22:17:55:

In Reply to: Re: Is Satan a heroic character in Paradise Lost? posted by Mirai on April 29, 19104 at 14:28:46:

Why is everyone so quick to think that Satan is the villain? In Paradise Lost, God is probably the vaguest character that we meet. We don't know of any weaknesses that God poses to have. Whereas, Satan is definitely a more developed character than God. So...naturally we are going to criticize the character we know more about. Through knowing more knowledge about Satan, we know that his weakness is inevitably his pride. But we don't know anything about God so we can't ridicule him. We know that he lacks emotion, whereas Satan presents more variety of emotions. “Satan, now first inflamed with rage, came down, the tempter ere th’ accuser of mankind,/To wreck on innocent frail man his loss/Of that first battle, and his flight to hell.” (9-12) To top that off, If God is omnipotent and omniscient than why does he allow evil to occur? He should be able to prevent it. Now… I am not saying that God is to blame because he’s not, God helps to save mankind which is a very noble thing to do, all I am saying is I don’t think we should blame or make one character the hero or heroin unless we know enough about each character to make that statement.

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• God is Vague for a reason Lisa 01:21:58 5/01/104 (16)
  • This is a long one! Martha 18:43:00 5/02/104 (0)
  • This is a long one! Martha 18:42:40 5/02/104 (2)
    • Re: This is a long one! Mirai 09:17:58 5/03/104 (0)
    • Typing errror Martha 22:10:28 5/02/104 (0)
  • Re: To Strengthen Lisa's argument Henry 14:50:40 5/01/104 (11)
    • Re: To Strengthen Lisa's argument Mirai 08:51:22 5/03/104 (0)
    • Why create sin? Lisa 16:18:25 5/01/104 (7)
      • Temptation is at fault Martha 19:23:35 5/02/104 (0)
      • Response To Lisa's Argumant--Why create sin? Martha 18:52:37 5/02/104 (2)
        • Focusing on outcome instead- just for you Martha Lisa 22:16:09 5/02/104 (1)
          • Re: Awesome summary Lisa - here's mine Henry 22:58:05 5/02/104 (0)
      • maybe paridise isnt lost after all Lisa 16:54:38 5/01/104 (2)
        • Re: maybe paridise isnt lost after all indra 21:41:12 5/11/104 (0)
        • Re: It's Felix Culpa! Henry 11:17:28 5/02/104 (0)
    • Important Henry 14:53:25 5/01/104 (1)
      • Spelling Errors! Martha 19:28:19 5/02/104 (0)

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