A few similarities (that occurred to me while reading Paradise Lost) between Luke, and Satan in Paradise Lost, and Eve
Recently, I have been reading Paradise Lost, a poem written by John Milton, regarding the (Biblical story) fall of Satan, and his tempting of Eve and Adam, resulting in their expulsion from The Garden of Eden. While I am sure a great deal of you on this fandom is already familiar with that which I speak of since surely, the readers are of infinitely higher education and intelligence than I am. However, for the sake of this post, I will give a brief summary of Paradise Lost.
The poem starts with Satan and his fallen angels, banished from Heaven by God and His Son (Jesus) for their rebellion against them. Satan and his angels have a debate on how best to revenge themselves, and Satan finally decrees that he will corrupt God’s newest and favourite creation; mankind. He travels out of Hell to Earth, where after a few happenings, he manages to, in the form of a serpent, to convince Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which was forbidden to them by God on the penalty of Death. Eve confesses her guilt to Adam, and Adam also eats the fruit, since he states that he and Eve are one, of the same flesh, and they will share the same fate. They then, together, eat the fruit, but then are banished from the Garden of Eden, their Paradise, by God.
Now, let me explain the similarities between Satan and Luke.
Satan, like Luke, is extremely cunning, charismatic, and persuasive. And unlike the traditional depictions of The Devil, Milton states that Satan retained all his beauty after he fell from Heaven, similar to how Luke is stated numerous times to be good-looking and handsome. John Milton also changes Satan again, making him a tragic, and even sympathetic figure, rather like Luke. Satan is also, like Luke, a rebellious character, struggling against the power of God (with Satan) and The Olympians Tyranny (Luke’s case). In short, Satan and Luke are both forced to struggle against higher powers to achieve their rebellious goals. Both Satan and Luke are dedicated to their cause and believe they are doing the best for their followers, for Satan was greatly committed to corrupting mankind, as Luke was to overthrow the gods. Then comes the debate that Satan is actually a hero, or rather, a tragic or Hellenic hero. Similarly, many debate on whether Luke was good or bad, and whether he deserves punishment in death, or Paradise (Elysium.) Similar to Luke trying to overthrow the gods for their mistreatment, absence of mind, and hypocrisy and evil (in his mind), Satan states that his rebellion with his angels is an attempt to "explain the hypocrisy of God” and in doing so, they will be treated with the respect and acknowledgement that they deserve.
Now, Luke, and Eve.
Luke and Eve both share one great similarity; Eve was tempted by Satan to eat the fruit, and Luke was tempted by Kronos to join him. Do you not see? In this aspect, Satan is Kronos, and Eve is Luke. Luke, like Eve, is tempted by a malevolent and evil power to rebel against The Olympians (or rather, in Eve’s case, God.)
And finally, another thought that occurred to me while writing this post: Luke also shares a bit of a similarity with humanity, for in Paradise Lost, it is stated that after humans commit their sins, The Son of God will be born on the Earth as a Man (Jesus) and will redeem mankind of their original sin. This is slightly similar to how Annabeth redeemed Luke, if you ask me, though of course, there are many differences, and Luke more redeemed himself through love for Annabeth (however strange, due to the age difference).
And now, I end my post, and I hope my thoughts are clear, and I hope I did not offend any who is of Biblical faith, for I am speaking solely of the happenings of Paradise Lost, and while, I admit, I am not too educated on Biblical stories, I am aware that Milton changed a few things, so if you took offence, then I apologize, but I meant nothing bad, I was merely indicating what Milton said, and it would probably be better to take out your enmity on him. (Though it would be rather fruitless since Milton in question is dead.)
Farewell, then, readers, and I hope you have a pleasant day!