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Henry Bean
@henrybean.bsky.social
writing + directing / animation + documentary
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Surely what Blake understood was that Milton didn’t consciously choose to make Satan his hero. Putting Satan at the centre of the story required Milton to make him the hero, whether he wanted to or not. Sympathy with the devil was implicit from the inception.
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Henry Bean
@henrybean.bsky.social
writing + directing / animation + documentary
31 followers81 following96 posts