On the Art of Reading · Character
Satan
The biblical and literary figure of Satan, discussed in relation to Milton and evil.
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First appearance: lecture viii on reading the bible i
Satan's tie to Unknown Narrator is one of the pressures that moves On the Art of Reading—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Quoted from Milton's Paradise Lost, describing Satan standing on the brink of Chaos, used as a metaphor for the overwhelmed student facing the vastness of English literature.
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See Satan in lecture viii on reading the bible iCharacter Web
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- Psychological
- Other
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- Literary and biblical archetypes
- Protagonist
- Canonical authors and cultural icons
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- Breaking point
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