
John Milton: Party of the Devil
Art of Darkness
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The Importance of Argumentation in Narrative Writing
The Adam and Eve story is more of the midpoint of like an ongoing conflict than it does as the start of something right um yeah interesting stuff now a lot of people will say that Satan makes the best arguments in the book and that he is the most compelling figure. I think to overemphasize Milton's sympathy with the devil would be probably make for kind of boring radio, but just know that when you get into book seven all of the all of Satan's best arguments are roundly refuted by an angel that stayed on the side of God.
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