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Is Satan properly described as a tragic hero, /lit/?

>> No.4458914

>>4458901
In which text?

>> No.4458917

>>4458914
Assuming Paradise Lost

>> No.4458963

no.

>> No.4458966

>>4458963
how so?

>> No.4458970

>>4458966
no

>> No.4458982

Job, Jesus and Satan are the most interesting characters in the Bible. And all of them seem to be made to suffer to please God.

>> No.4458994

>>4458982
>most interesting characters
>not including Tobit
Birds shit in his eyes and made him blind what the fuck way more interesting than Satan.

>> No.4459102

>>4458994

kewl

>> No.4460084

>>4458914

I agree. Which text and/or religion are we dealing with here?

>>4458994

>>not including Tobit

ma nigga

>> No.4460175

>>4458901
there are base set of classical characters that you can find throughout all written works. If you look at the bible (or quite a few other religious texts) you'll see those characters reappearing in different forms.

>my face when everyone forget Lucifer only has the power to justly exact wrath on Earth to people who deserve it (Left hand of god, Jesus the Right hand of god etc.)

>> No.4460181

>>4458901
In Paradise Lost? No, have you actually read it? The guy's an arrogant dick. And there's nothing about lucifer aside from the snake in Eden, his fall, and the temptation if Christ in the bible.

>> No.4460186

>>4458982
God is by far more interesting a character than Job or Satan.

>> No.4460226

>>4458982
what is Samson

>> No.4460280

>>4460181
"Lucifer" is never mentioned on the bible you mongoloid.

>> No.4460334

>>4460280
that's racist, you nomadic civilization.

So Lucifer doesn't exists and knowledge IS holy power. Feeeeeeeewwww, man you've lifted a weight from my shoulders.

>we're getting off OP's topic.

>> No.4460338

>>4460334
He exists, but he isn't named Lucifer, in fact, he's never named at all!

>> No.4462504

>>4460280

the name Lucifer is used in one passage, though whether it refers to the devil I think is debateable

>> No.4462532

>>4458982
never thought of it that way. interesting.

>>4460186
how so? the christian god has a lot of qualities than a lot of other gods before him already had

>>4460226
samson is chuck norris tier

>> No.4462543

>>4458901
If u read "The End of Satan" by Victor Hugo, Satan is a tragic hero.

>> No.4462544

>>4462532

>how so? the christian god has a lot of qualities than a lot of gods before him already had

are you saying those qualities aren't interesting or that he has no unique qualities?

Also, are you saying the "christian god" in the sense of the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost or just the god that appears in the Old Testament? Because some might argue that the god of the New Testament and the Old are fundamentally different in terms of their literary character.

>> No.4462568

>>4460280
this is wrong though

>> No.4463293

>>4462568
wow you just proved me wrong without any citations or sources at all
impressive