the forces of God. Satan is willing to give up all peace, love, joy, and beauty to overcome God and gain all His power. Because of Satan’s involvement in this war, he and his followers will be surrounded by war, violence, hate and rage for eternity. Satan loses the first battle as he challenges God’s sovereign rule and his punishment is banishment to Hell along with all his followers. Since Satan first began the war, he will be forced to continue in it for all time. Unmistakably there is a continuous battle between good and evil as should be in epic poetry.John Milton writes Paradise Lost as a well written epic poem. The technique in his writing illustrates the main elements of epic literature. Obviously, John Milton uses the key elements throughout his poem to convey an epic poem....
