By Satan's use of fantasy images, Blake makes clear that the series of dialogues in this confrontation is a primarily mental drama: Milton adopts the neoclassical ideal of avoiding much physical action, unlike the livelier early stagings of Shakespeare. Image Subject: IllustrationsArtist: William BlakeRelated Work: Paradise RegainedCharacters: SatanThe SonPermissions: Courtesy of the Yorck Project, under GNU Free Document License Log in to post comments