Read the lines from book 1 of paradise lost. fall'n cherub, to be weak is miserable doing or suffering: but of this be sure, to do aught good never will be our task, but ever to do ill our sole delight, as being the contrary to his high will whom we resist. who is meant to be the speaker in these line?

The character that says these words is Satan.  He is speaking to the other fallen angels.

Explanation:

Before these lines begin, it is said that Satan is going to say the following words "whereto with speedy words th' Arch-fiend repli'd." The "arch-fiend" is like a super enemy, arch (means superior) fiend (enemy).

Two of the main phrases that prove that Satan is talking are the following:

the most likely reason why dante included the names of historical figures in his well-known masterpiece the divine comedy is because he was trying to expose his own historical judgement to the figures. he settles different characters of the occidental culture in parts of the hell, purgatory and paradise constituting a spiritual judgment according to his thought.

bildungsroman describes a coming-of-age story.

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