Milton's Satan perfectly demonstrates all these characteristics with the requirement of definition, his error of judgment was to betray and wage war against God, this is what leads to him being banished from the kingdom of heaven and condemned to the eternal torment of hell, which is his punishment for his error and his destiny. As for the requirement for an awareness of his error and a demonstration of pride, he demonstrates by speaking with his second Beelzebub how they failed in their first attempt at conquest, but without always recognizing the fact that he was wrong and refusing to admit defeat. Viewed from a definitional perspective, Milton's Satan exhibits the characteristics of many characters who also took on the role of tragic hero. Shakespeare's character Macbeth is a great example of this. Like Satan, he was proud and tried to take over a kingdom, but ultimately failed. Additionally, modern characters such as Batman play the role of a tragic hero and have similarities to Milton's character. Batman is a tragic hero because he is extremely proud and eventually loses everything, living again in a sad state similar to the dead.