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He conflates Lucifer with Satan, I know. Anyhow though, that character gets all the really good lines in Paradise Lost. God, Adam, Eve? Mostly cameo appearances. In the later Paradise Regained, Jesus comes off a little better but it's still not Oscar-quality. Blake and Shelly both surmised Milton was "Satanism-signalling" as it were. In the scales against this, Milton had a reputation as exceedingly fair-minded in the cut-throat world of 17th Century pamphleteering where he shone. It is characteristic of him to give the opposing side its strongest case before bringing up his (intended) artillery.
Your thoughts? Personally I think the second possibility more likely, but I am open to the suggestion that Milton had a repressed "thing" for his Prince of Darkness and that this drove his writing in making the villain the more compelling character.
I know: this could have gone into books, lounge, general occult, or controversy. Since its about Satanism, LHP seemed like as good a fit as any.
Your thoughts? Personally I think the second possibility more likely, but I am open to the suggestion that Milton had a repressed "thing" for his Prince of Darkness and that this drove his writing in making the villain the more compelling character.
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I know: this could have gone into books, lounge, general occult, or controversy. Since its about Satanism, LHP seemed like as good a fit as any.
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