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Note that Satan lacks self-restraint, which often leads him to failure. In addition, Satan delights in [[deceit]], even to the point of causing his downfall.
Note that Satan lacks self-restraint, which often leads him to failure. In addition, Satan delights in [[deceit]], even to the point of causing his downfall.
==Dante and Milton==
==Dante, Milton, Goethe and others==
Some national literary depictions of Satan have become highly-regarded classics, but by a strange coincidence of causes are presented by their authors, to a man, in their native language rather than Classical languages.
In western art and popular culture the devil is used to represent evil influences or motivations.
*The first part of Medieval Italian [[Dante Alighieri]]'s three-part poem, ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'' (1320), known to all in the set phrase "Dante's Inferno" (pronounced Dan-tay).
*[[John Milton]]'s English poem, ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' (1667).
*[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]'s German play ''[[Faust (Goethe)]]'' (1831).
These three are considered among the greatest poems of their respective literatures.
*[[Christopher Marlowe]]'s English play, ''The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus'' (1604).
*''Lucifer'' (1654), play by Dutch author Joost van den Vondel
In Western art and popular culture the devil is used to represent evil influences or motivations.
==Similarity to Prometheus==
==Similarity to Prometheus==