Satan, who is seen throughout the epic as the main antagonist of John Milton’s, “Paradise Lost,”because of his nagging attempts of deception in the Garden which are successful more times than not. Satan’s use of disguise is brilliant by captivating Eve’s Curiosity through his knowledge of Eve’s ignorance. Satan also deceives Eve by constantly lying and making Eve conclude that eating from the Tree of Knowledge will deliver her full knowledge of good and evil and her senses. Through Satan’s devilish and deceiving ways in the epic poem, “Paradise Lost,” Satan heavily deceives Eve through temptation by his fooling ways of slyness,lying, and through his swindling charm.
Satan scans through the Garden looking at each animal until he comes across a snake which he instantly picks to be the suit for his plan of deception against Eve’s frivolous self. Eve decides to work away from Adam in the Garden since there is much work needed to be accomplished and Satan takes full advantage. Even though Eve was warned by …show more content…
As Eve is working throughout the Garden,Satan, in the form of the snake, appears to her and speaks. Eve is astonished that the snake is able to speak and Satan tells her he achieved the this task by eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Instantly captive with curiosity and fully embracing the astonishing ability the serpent clenches as seen when Milton writes, “Into the heart of Eve his words made way”[Book IX:550].Satan begins flattering Eve by talking to her about her beauty as seen as Milton writes, “By gift, and thy celestial beauty adore with ravishment beheld, there best behold”[Book IX: 540-541]. Pure brilliance by Satan to approach Eve in such a manner by appearing to her as an innocent snake, who is willing to give insight on Creation which Eve knows to merely. Satan now holds the capability to establish any kind of knowledge into Eve’s blind self. Satan brings Eve to the Tree of
Satan scans through the Garden looking at each animal until he comes across a snake which he instantly picks to be the suit for his plan of deception against Eve’s frivolous self. Eve decides to work away from Adam in the Garden since there is much work needed to be accomplished and Satan takes full advantage. Even though Eve was warned by …show more content…
As Eve is working throughout the Garden,Satan, in the form of the snake, appears to her and speaks. Eve is astonished that the snake is able to speak and Satan tells her he achieved the this task by eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Instantly captive with curiosity and fully embracing the astonishing ability the serpent clenches as seen when Milton writes, “Into the heart of Eve his words made way”[Book IX:550].Satan begins flattering Eve by talking to her about her beauty as seen as Milton writes, “By gift, and thy celestial beauty adore with ravishment beheld, there best behold”[Book IX: 540-541]. Pure brilliance by Satan to approach Eve in such a manner by appearing to her as an innocent snake, who is willing to give insight on Creation which Eve knows to merely. Satan now holds the capability to establish any kind of knowledge into Eve’s blind self. Satan brings Eve to the Tree of