In John Milton's Paradise Lost, the parallelism between Satan and the fall of Eve is strong to the extent that they were once all two the highest before pure perfection. Lucifer is associated with evil, which arises from his free will leading to his rebellion against God and ultimately his great fall. He is known as the one who introduced sin into Adam and Eve – the first humans to ever exist. His plan to go against God is the beginning of a whole new world in the universe and a whole new meaning of himself as one known for human error and evil. Eve, "the mother of the human race", is targeted by Satan to draw her into his world of sin, because she also wishes to become independent of Adam, making her vulnerable to anything that can separate her from him (4.475 ). The falls of Satan and Eve are parallel because they both come from the power of their free will and their burning desire not to take second place to God and Adam. Although the cause and motives of each of their downfalls form the basis of their distinctive characteristics; the effects diverge due to Eve's zeal and ability to repent. Satan's silver tongue is his incessant tool used to lure legions of angels and men away from God. His rhetoric appeals to their emotions and logic, which virally invades the victim's decision-making and tempts the man to give in to temptation. Paradise Lost opens by describing the birth of original sin brought about by Satan's revolt against God and his harsh fall, setting the framework for the rest of Milton's story of Satan's plan to get men to join him in his evil kingdom. Before the fall of Satan, the flexibility of his free will makes him “confident of having equaled the Most High” (I, 40). Coming in second behind God, envy of his position...... middle of paper ......eps planning revenge. This state of repentance distinguishes man from the ways of Satan who only wish to continue in evil and sin. Although the falls of Satan and Eve stem from similar motives, the consequences differ from each other due to each of their distinct characteristics and reactions to their actions. . Satan's immediate reaction to his fall is to continue in the same direction, doing evil, because that is the only thing he has left. He acts to entice man to sin in whatever form and manner he deems most appropriate to achieve the results he desires. Satan expects to receive praise upon his return to his kingdom, but instead he hears the hissing of all the devils who have assumed transformation into serpents. This shows how Satan is wrong in failing to reason with what he has been condemned to for the rest of eternity...