There's a quote from Zach Weinersmith (author, cartoonist) during a podcast a while back that stuck with me about Milton's depiction of Satan: "I will say Milt

There's a quote from Zach Weinersmith (author, cartoonist) during a podcast a while back that stuck with me about Milton's depiction of Satan: "I will say Milton is great and readable as long as Satan is talking. [...] the joke on Milton is that he was the greatest gift to Satan in history. He did everything short of giving him a two-headed guitar. It is just like, Satan is so cool." [0] I highly recommend giving it a listen (and Econtalk more generally!) if this is something that interests you. [0] https://www.econtalk.org/zach-weinersmith-on-beowulf-and-bea-wolf/ https://www.econtalk.org/zach-weinersmith-on-beowulf-and-bea...