Paradise Lost The Devil Compar

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in Heaven. This action compares to Howe Cadet leaders when they betray other cadets, in vain, to gain more power. Satan thrived off the power he had in Heaven and tries to gain more, just as Cadet leaders often do. When he fails to gain more power, he looks to take revenge against those who resisted him.
After God throws Satan from Heaven, Satan realizes his mistake in underestimating the power of God and becomes spiteful. He refuses to accept his punishment and looks for a way to offend Heaven. This is shown when Milton wrote, “As being the contrary to his high will / Whom we resist. If then his providence / Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, / Out labor must be to pervert that end, / And out of good still to find means of evil”(161-164). Satan instructs his minions to go out into the world and to work to disrupt acts of good and commit acts of evil. Howe Cadet leaders often act in this spiteful manner when they meet resistance in their attempts to expand their ...

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