Originally Posted by jlomon

My belief is that Milton was trying to show us how easy it was to give into temptation by making the very personification of temptation so appealing. He offered us the choice of willingly choosing to side with Good (even if it was a little stodgy and boring) or siding with Evil, which seemed a whole lot more fun.

Milton was a complex and interesting guy. Maybe there's a name for your as-yet unnamed CE - Milton.