ance between the reader’s like and dislike of Dracula [and Satan] throughout the story.” (Berdeja-1) Both stories hold an entirely different position upon the characters of Dracula and Satan. Both are characters of evil and ones that were formed (of course looking at Satan at a strictly littoral sense at the moment) as being of evil. Yet, Coppela and Milton seem to have a sort of untamed heart for the “monster” that is at the very least, devilish. The audience is allowed to feel sympathy for these otherwise repulsive representations of evil. In the critique of Paradise Lost by Blake Rodgers of Ohio University, the novel is stacked up against the colonization of America. Rodgers is able to make the comparison of Satan (and the rest of the demons and fallen angles) to the Puritans…as they were banished from the land of England. The brave new world that is stricken by the pilgrims seeking freedom from tyranny was pointed out to be none other than Hell itself (not literally of course). One interesting observation made was the comparison of the characters in both the colonization of the America and Paradise Lost. Satan and his minions are the exiled Puritans as previously mentioned, God could be seen as England or even as the monarchy itself, and Adam and Eve as the natives of the land, AKA the American Indians. Adam and Eve are corrupted by Satan in the novel just as they were metamorphosed by the white settlers in North America and all of the disease and suffering that was brought with the Spanish ships. The critique posses quite an interesting comparison of Satan and a colonizer. With Satan, in a manner of speaking, even colonizing Hell, and calling it his own territory that he could and would rule over, during the early half of Paradise Lost. This shows that Satan’s character is multifaceted and can be interpreted in numerous lights. The author does a good job of showing how Satan fulfills many roles ...
