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Who is the tragic hero in Milton’s Paradise Lost? Is it Adam, Eve, both, or Satan?

Q1 : Who is the tragic hero in Milton 's Paradise Lost ? Is it Adam , Eve both , or Satan At surface level , it may not be easy to identify the real hero in Paradise Lost . Some critics believe that Satan is the hero of Paradise Lost which has an inherent flaw . By viewing Satan as a hero , the readers admit the inadequacy and fragility of all heroic virtues in literature . Those who claim Satan as the hero of Paradise Lost , see his struggle to overcome his doubts and in the end becoming successful in

br corrupting the mankind . On the other hand , Adam actions do not seem heroic , but it is his fall that makes him great . Instead of being adamant like Satan he accepts his mistake of eating the forbidden fruit which elevates his status in God 's eyes

The hero in popular myth is often shown as a perfect figure distinguished for his courage and admired for his noble qualities . Satan has the courage and ability he uses his energies to corrupt mankind which is not a heroic deed . He also rebels against his creator becoming ungrateful for which he is damned for all eternity . Adam is intelligent and great thinker who do not jump to conclusions nor does wreath with anger and fury like Satan . He knows his place in the eyes of his Creator and understands the consequences of his actions (mistake . Thus by submitting to God Adam doesn 't show himself weak instead he rises as a strong personality who is regretful and forgiven by God with special favour of redemption . Thus we can say that Adam is the true hero in Paradise Lost Reference

Harold Bloom , John Milton 's Paradise Lost . Chelsea House , 1987

Youngwon Park Peter Lang , Milton and Isaiah . 2000

Catherine Gimelli Martin , The Ruins of Allegory . Duke University press 1998

J . A . Waldock , Pardise Lost and its Critics . University Press , 1947...

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