Paradise Lost
... which is the dwelling place for many of these terrorists, observe them as a type of religion. Their fellow believers look up to these men as heroes. To us they are looked upon as an evil group of individuals and will go down in history as the most diabolical and insane murders ever. In the motion picture “The Siege” by Lawrence Wrights, the city of New York is put in the same predicament as 9/11. Terrorists wage war against the city in an attempt to become heroes in their own minds. During the movie we take a look into the mindset of one of these men when one of the terrorists named Samir Nazhde says” To die for Allah is beautiful and if you did your parents would be taken care of, and you would be taken to a land of seventy virgins”. This demonstrates what drives these men to do what they do and is a symbol of their justification similar to the Al Queda terrorists. In Milton’s literary work, “Paradise Lost” Satan is portrayed as a heroic character. An angel of God that went by the name of Satan rebels against God and even though he is defeated, it is a testament of his independence as an angel. This individualism and heroism appeals to some of the other angels who then follow him and help in the rebellion. Satan, defeated by God is then cast down into hell with his followers. The Bible talks of the battle between God and Satan’s armies. It says, “A war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels were fighting against the dragon and its angels. But the dragon lost the battle. It and its angels were forced out of their places in heaven and were thrown down to the earth. Yes, that old snake and his angels were thrown out of heaven! That snake, who fools everyone on earth, is known as the devil and Satan”(Revelation XII). Now in this place called Hell, Satan sets up his own kingdom with the angels that were cast down with him where people who had relatively the same thoughts, actions and beliefs of evil would be sent after death. ...