According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" ?
Correct answer: A. Satan
- A. Satan
- B. Adam
- C. Eve
- D. Christ
Explanation
Many Romantic poets admired Satan's defiance and treated him as the poem's striking heroic or Byronic figure, although Milton's theological framework presents him as evil. This Romantic reading makes Satan the expected answer.
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