Satan, the Heavenly Adversary of Man: A Narrative Analysis of the Function of Satan in the Book of RevelationCato Gulaker employs narrative criticism to explore where the depiction of Satan found in the Book of Revelation is positioned on the axis of two divergent roles. The literary character of Satan is commonly perceived to gradually evolve from the first divine agents in the Hebrew Bible, representing the darker sides of the divine governing of affairs (Job 1 2; Zech 3; 1 Chr 21: 1; Num 22: 22, 32), to the full blown enemy of God of the post biblical