Paradise Lost characters study of Adam eve and Satan

• Name: pooja jumani k • Roll no: 08 M.A. part 2 sem 3 •Topic: Characters studies of Adam Eve and Satan (paradise lost)Paper no: 1 The renaissance Literature Year: 2012-13 Department of English Maharaja

Major Characters

God

Adam

Satan

Eva

1. Adam• He is a strong intelligent and rational character.• Adam’s greatest weakness is his love for Eve. 2. Eve• Eve is inferior to Adam.• Eve is blame for the fall because she is tempted by Satan to taste

the fruit from the tree of knowledge.

Satan

• Highest angel called Lucifer (meace light bringer in Latin) and second only to god.

• Satan is hero and protagonist of the story.

• The allure of free will is where the attractiveness and power of Satan's character lies.

Why? Why? Why?• Why god created

first men?

• Why women inferior to men?

• Why men is central character in the epic?

• Why hero always fall?