Question

Read the verse.

From Paradise Lost by John Milton The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; . . .

In what way are the ideas expressed by Satan fitting for the hero of an epic poem?

He finds himself stronger after a battle and imposes his will on others.

He stands up against his punishment and asserts himself courageously.

He complies with the will of Heaven and sacrifices himself.

He finds a place to be free to think for himself.

Answer 1

He stands up against his punk

Answer 2

This speech is from the scene when Satan realizes that the doom he has faced must not over his reign. He believes that he can make progress in what he has now and is ready to make a new kingdom of his own. He is motivating others to join him with pride and honor, unlike Zeus, who has abandoned his angels just for resisting his mean temperaments (according to Satan).  

However, the statement that supports the ideology of rising of a Hero in an epic is the second point, i.e., "he stands up against his punishment and asserts himself courageously."

He is not willing to submit to the cruelty he has been thrown into. Instead, he is all filled with ambition and compassion for the exiled angels such as Beelzebub, etc.