You know that Satan is the hero, right?
>>7875728
>babby's first pseud post on /lit/
>>7875735
kek
>Milton
>be andrew marvell
>have written some very good, dark poems about a figure called "the mower"
>be good friends with milton, whom i consider an absolute bawler, a primo poet
>letter arrives from him one day
>nearly unreadable
>looks like it was written by john donne's retarded offspring
>decipher "hi marvell, come over to my house"
>the rest is just random references to scripture
>go to milton's crib
>nigga turned blind
>sblood.flaxscroll
>he asks me to help him get his new work down
>epic long poem about the fall of man
>why-was-i-not-so-divinely-inspired.faircopy
>agree to help
>much excitement ensues
>get out quill and ink, only the most finely crafted paper
>here we go
>my genius friend begins his epic
>"the title... paradife loft"
>look at him
>his blind eyes going all over the place
>my year long friend has clearly lost his mind
>mfw this is gonna be a 10.000 line epic about a loft
>mfw the main character's name is retarded
>fatan
>>7875754
hahahhaahah
you made my day
>>7875728
No, Satan is meant to seduce the reader into liking him as an allegory for Satan seducing the sinner IRL.
Paradise Lost is a shit band.
This isn't early 19th century, anon, and romanticist edginess is out of fashion.
>Satan is not the hero by authorial intent
>Satan is the hero through a common existential lense
Choose two and two only
