>He's never read Paradise Lost
Reminder Satan was a edgy faggot, with a narcissistic complex.
I haven't read it. Do I need to read the bible first?
Why is Gustave Doré so great?
>>7229725
>do i need to read canon before fanfic
>>7229727
proly cos he spent all that time making graven images of satan
>>7229714
Well yeah, duh. Doesn't mean he isn't a great tragic character.
>>7229725
Not really. Being familiar with biblical history is enough
>>7229725
Ideally you'd have read the Bible, a bunch of protestant theology, Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Spenser and some English history, but really you don't need to read anything.
>>7229902
This. If you get a decent annotated version, you can make it out all right and still get a lot from it.
Reminder that Satan did nothing wrong.
>>7229704
literally everyone who reads more than genre fiction (and even then) has read paradise lost. You're not special