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Essay / Satan and Satan in Paradise Lost by John Milton - 732
Satan is made up of pride, ambition, jealousy, temptation, manipulation, fraud and sin. When Satan walks towards the Garden of Eden (Paradise), he looks and all he sees is its beauty and innocence. Just like he once was, and he wonders for a moment if he has repented, if God would forgive him. He then realizes that if he asked God for forgiveness, it would be a lie and that if he returned to Heaven, he would still not be free. So he continues his task of corrupting man. This moment of internal struggle within Satan reveals just how evil he is. He knows that there is a possibility of repentance, but he refuses it and this shows that he is a real devil and a villain. Satan is the true incarnation of Hell. The quote “The mind is its own place…” (Paradise Lost) is ultimately true for Satan and his