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Author
Publisher
ProQuest LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The novella Drop Serene follows the narrative of those portions of Paradise Lost in which the character Satan plays an active role, specifically focusing upon Books I, II, III, IV, IX, and X. This creative thesis explores the concept of Satan as a classical hero. It seeks, while following the narrative arc of Paradise Lost, to reconcile the idea of Satan as a tragic hero. Milton's Satan, by inverting and distorting the motifs of the hero, stands...