How is the theme of pride demonstrated within Christopher Marlowe's 'Paradise Lost'?

Example:The theme of pride is central to Paradise Lost and the ultimate demise of it's protagonist, Lucifer. Marlowe establishes this theme very early on within the first poem, in fact. The line, 'whose waxen wings did mount above their reach' is a direct allusion to the classic tale of Icarus, whose pride let him to think that he get close to the sun only for his wings to melt and thus for him to commit the ultimate sacrifice.

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