Satan is the definition of defiant when one looks at any theological setting as well as more importantly, when one focuses on the heroic poem "Paradise Lost." Satan by being defiant as well as maintaining other protagonistic qualities can be considered a hero in "Paradise Lost." According to Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary hero is defined as "In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, …showed first 75 words of 626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 626 total…in "Paradise Lost" because he fits the mold of one. He was courageous in fighting against the one thing that could kill him and he fully knew he would most likely lose. Second Satan was established as powerful, strong and intelligent, three characteristics of a hero and finally using the belief that, "The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven," Satan exercised free will.