In more than 10,000 lines of blank verse, it tells the story of the war for heaven and of man’s expulsion from Eden. But this epic poem, 350 years old this month, remains a work of unparalleled imaginative genius that shapes English literature even now. He seems to be dead against the merciful supreme God.Milton’s Paradise Lost is rarely read today. We can say that In Paradise Lost Satan is the symbol of evil and is intent and bent upon ever doing evil and concerting good into evil. Throughout the speech, there are no commandments or actions to follow except hate and revenge against God. The last part of the speech shows his inability to do anything except regret his excruciating life. He states that bowing down before God is more shameful than defeat. These lines contain a ray of hope and Satan seemed to be more optimistic. We lost just one match does not mean that we lost everything. So, Satan defies the power of God and did not accept the victory of God. Satan keeps encouraging his followers by saying that just one match doesn’t decide who the winner is. His historical “high disdain” and “sense of injured merit” have overtones of the ludicrous. Throughout the speech, Satan uses rhetorical figures like Irony that make it impressive. He believed that God insulted his esteem and promised to not change his nasty mind against God. He reminds Beelzebub of the glory in heaven and compares it to present sorrows. He feels ashamed to accept the power of God. In the opening line of the speech, he shows wonders about the changes found in Beelzebub. Satan encourages and motivates his followers to stand against God. Milton even do not intend us to sympathies with Satan. If we analyse and examine dispassionately Satan’s speech, we can recognise that Satan is the personification of evil. Thus,He is unconsciously exalting Satan to the high status of a hero. Some of the critics believe that Milton is unconsciously projecting his own personality in the portrayal of Satan. Satan’s speeches create the impression that Satan is noble and great. In Book of Paradise Lost Satan have been depicted as a heroic figure.
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