Milton's Satan demonstrates all these characteristics perfectly with the requirements of the definition, his error of judgment was betraying and declaring war on God, this is what makes him leads to being banished from the kingdom of heaven and condemned to the eternal torment of hell, which is his punishment for his mistake and fate. As for the need to realize his mistake and demonstrate pride, he demonstrates this by talking to his second in command Beelzebub about how they failed in their first attempt at conquest but still not acknowledging the fact that he was wrong and refusing to admit defeat. When viewed from the point of definition, Milton's Satan retains the characteristics of many characters who have also taken on the role of tragic hero. Shakespeare's character Macbeth is a great example: he, like Satan, was proud and tried to conquer a kingdom, but failed. Modern characters like Batman also play the role of tragic hero and have similarities with Milton's character, Batman is a tragic hero because he is extremely proud and eventually loses everything, living in a sad state again similar to that of the fallen.