This excerpt of Paradise Lost by John Milton is about the encounter between Satan, Death, and Sin. Sin came from Satan and together they had Death. Satan is attempting to go through the gates of hell to kill God. Death is tasked by God to guard the gate, so he is about to battle with Satan, when Sin interrupts and reveals that Death is Satan’s son. Satan knows that he will eventually die and it must be at the hand of God, so he offers to give Sin and Death a place where there will be immeasurable food and prey. Death and Sin accept with smiles and Satan is allowed passage through the gates of hell.

The theme of this excerpt that I compared to a recent event is the familial relationship when different family members are on opposing sides- family bonds. A new manga called Helck is about an incredibly powerful warrior named Helck. As an orphan, he had to protect his little brother, Cless. They were adopted, by a wealthy family and Cless was revealed to have the powers of a hero. However, the king took control of Cless and all of the Warriors in the kingdom to make them try to make them into heroes like Cless. Helck is revealed to also have hero powers and confronts the king. The king uses Cless to fight Helck, but thanks to their childhood friend and Helck’s lover, Alicia, Cless is able to break out of their control for a moment and Helck is allowed to attempt to fight the king.

Because they were orphans, as the older brother, Helck protected Cless. Helck acted as a father for Cless and because of this Alicia is like Cless’s mother. With Helck being his older brother. Alicia is also like an older sister. Relating to the excerpt, Helck would be Satan, Alicia would be Sin, Cless would be Death, and the king would be God. Helck is trying to defeat the king and Cless is used by the king to fight Helck. The familial bonds in the manga are used in the same way as in the excerpt,
even the setting of the fight is similar.
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