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One of the most frequently alluded-to works in literature is John Milton's Paradise Lost, which chronicles the rise of Satan and the fall of man. Satan is the antihero of the epic poem, meaning that he serves as a problematic protagonist. He is, unquestionably, the most fully formed character in the text, with Eve coming in a distant second. Nineteenth-century authors were routinely inspired by Milton's innovative characterization of Satan in Paradise Lost. Antiheroes abound in literature of the century, including Emily Bronte's Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights and Charlotte Bronte's Rochester in Jane Eyre. Rochester even refers to the 'fallen seraph of the abyss', which is a direct quote from Paradise Lost, when speaking to Jane about the the blended categories of good and evil.
Jane Eyre, in some ways, follows the plot of Paradise Lost. In the novel, Jane is rarely at peace. We begin with her miserable experience at Gateshead Hall, her family's estate. Then she is shipped off to a boarding school called Lowood, where she is put under more trials (though she does find friendship and a sense of purpose as she grows there). Finally, as a governess under the employment of Rochester at Thornfield Hall, Jane begins to find the stability she has searched for her whole life.
This relative bliss is ruined, however, when she finds out that Rochester has been keeping his 'mad' wife locked in the attic. Jane must leave her 'paradise' at this point. She relates to St. John Rivers: 'Miserable I am, and must be for a time; for the catastrophe which drove me from a house I had found a paradise was of a strange and direful nature.' Thus, Jane's paradise is lost. But Bronte revises both the biblical story and Milton's poem. Jane, the daughter of Eve, is not at fault for her banishment from paradise. What is more, Jane's paradise is regained when she returns to Rochester at the end of the novel.
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