text: Theodor, Nikolaus, and Seppi encounter this charmer who says that “man begins as dirt and departs as stench” in a novel by Mark Twain.
full_question: Theodor, Nikolaus, and Seppi encounter this charmer who says that “man begins as dirt and departs as stench” in a novel by Mark Twain. In one work, this man puts on a show at the Variety Theater where Behemoth decapitates a man, later putting it back on due to audience demands. After journeying the Valley of Humiliation, the protagonist of (*) A Pilgrim’s Progress fights this character. This tempter finds himself on a boiling lake of lava in another epic where later on he turns into a serpent. For 10 points, name this antagonist of Paradise Lost who attempted to overthrow God.
first_sentence: Theodor, Nikolaus, and Seppi encounter this charmer who says that “man begins as dirt and departs as stench” in a novel by Mark Twain.