Title: "Earth's First Hero." This essay explains how ultimately Adam is the hero of Paradise Lost.

"With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/ Restore us, and regain the blissful seat." Paradise Lost, Book I In John Milton's Paradise Lost, many Biblical characters are introduced as the main characters of the poem. Their experience is the narrative of the early creation of Man by God, as well as Satan leading up to his urging of the Fall of Man. Milton's focus is on the inevitable banishment of Adam and Eve from …

…him in heaven, Adam is flawed but resilient. While he and Eve are cast from Paradise and are weak to the sins of the world, Adam as the first man in creation is strong and heroic by recognizing his and Eve's sin and weakness, sacrifices his own perfection for Eve to fall with her, and finally continues his love and revere of God despite God casting him from the Garden of Eden, his Paradise Lost.