A demagogue first, then tyrant RT @HeerJeet: Fair enough, if we see Satan as tyrant. But in PL, demons freely give consent to his rule.
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Replying to @davidfrum
@davidfrum@HeerJeet As soon as Satan exits, PL gets duller. It's like Inferno vs. Paradiso.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DougHenwood@HeerJeet Milton created the most untrustworthy narrator in literature. So don’t trust him!3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @davidfrum
@davidfrum@HeerJeet It's not a matter of trust. Evil is just more interesting than Good.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DougHenwood
@DougHenwood@davidfrum@HeerJeet I wonder why that is so. Cd it be that humanity is basically good and evil is a kind of exotic "other" ?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@davidfrum@HeerJeet Dunno. I found Paradiso hard going, but Inferno a real page-turner, with Purgatorio not far behind.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@DougHenwood @ContentiousNote @davidfrum Could just be that goodness is very, very hard to convincingly describe in literature.
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