In his most famous speech, he declares: "Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven".
This character asks: "A world who would not purchase with a bruise / Or much more grievous pain?" after saying that his head will be bruised by he whose heel he has bruised. This character rejects apologizing with the words: "So should I purchase dear / Short intermission bought with double smart". He declares himself to possess "A mind not to be changed by place or time" in a speech in which he suggests that "Farther from him is best / Whom reason hath equaled, force hath made supreme / Above his equals". Percy (*) Bysshe Shelley said that this character's creator was "of [his] party without knowing it". He describes himself as someone who "utmost power with adverse power opposed / In dubious battle" that he fought "from sense of injured merit". In his most famous speech, he declares: "Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven". For 10 points, name this antagonist from John Milton's Paradise Lost.
This character asks: "A world who would not purchase with a bruise / Or much more grievous pain?" after saying that his head will be bruised by he whose heel he has bruised.
Satan [or the Devil]