Angels Fall ~Ashlyn Scism


    I was struggling to come up with an idea for this blog post when I realized that I could make a correlation between Buffy the Vampire Slayer series and Paradise lost. Although I knew this was a brilliant idea I had to find a strong enough connection between the two. The most intriguing storyline from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was that of the character Angel. I love his character and his story arc. As I was making different comparisons I found one that makes a lot of sense.

Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer represents Humanity. In Paradise Lost Milton described the innocence of mankind before the fall. After mankind fell into sin they became broken. Angel was once a human without blood on his hands. However, he too fell into sin when he was turned into a vampire. He went into a rampage and took many innocent lives. Eventually, Angel upset the wrong people and was cursed with a human soul and all the remorse he’d been lacking. Now, similar to humans, Angel is broken and riddled with guilt for his sins. So mankind and Angel are left in the same predicament and although they can try to do the right thing in the future, there’s nothing they can do to change their ugly past. For humans, we have hope in Jesus Christ, and in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel has Buffy. Like Christ, Buffy is the ultimate hero of the story and it is only through her help will Angel find peace.


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  1. Song WhittingtonSeptember 21, 2021 at 9:33 AM

    Firstly, I want to say I love you analogies. Secondly, I know nothing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but I love your comparison with the main character and Jesus who, in the end, is the hero of the Bible.

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