paradise lost失乐园
Paradise Lost
Theme：
the main idea of the poem is the heroic revolt against god's authority. to justify the ways of God to men Milton constantly reminds us of our sins, or rather of the fact that we are sinners in a fallen world. 这首诗的主旨是英雄起义反对上帝的权威。 证明了上帝到人的过程 弥尔顿不断提醒我们的罪,或者更确切的说是,我 们是罪人在一个堕落的世界。 宣泄了王朝复辟后的内心苦楚与无奈以及对资产 阶级革命始终不渝的态度。
1.由上帝创造的第一个人类。认为是上帝珍贵的创 造。 2、遵守所有的生物的规则世界，和他的妻子驻留 在伊甸园。 3、加入夏娃违背上帝。
பைடு நூலகம்
E ve ：
1.The second human created by God, taken from one of Adam's ribs and shaped into a female form of Adam. 2. The model of a good wife, and happily submissive to Adam. 3.Is tempted by Satan to sin against God 1.由上帝创造的第二个人类,是从亚当的一根肋骨, 形成女性形式的亚当。 2.是一个典型的好妻子,并愉快地顺从亚当。 3.被撒旦诱惑得罪上帝
With suppliant knee, and deify his power, Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire; that were low indeed. That were an ignominy and shame beneath This downfall; since by Fate the strength of gods And this empyreal substance cannot fail; Since through experience of this great event
Paradise lost(简介)
约翰·弥尔顿的英文诗约翰·弥尔顿（John Milton,1608～1674）英国诗人、政论家，民主斗士。
弥尔顿是清教徒文学的代表，他的一生都在为资产阶级民主运动而奋斗，代表作《失乐园》是和《荷马史诗》、《神曲》并称为西方三大诗歌。
Paradise Lost译为“失乐园”。
作品介绍《失乐园》（Paradise Lost），全文12卷，以史诗一般的磅礴气势揭示了人的原罪与堕落。
诗中叛逆天使撒旦，因为反抗上帝的权威被打入地狱，却仍不悔改，负隅反抗，为复仇寻至伊甸园。
亚当与夏娃受被撒旦附身的蛇的引诱，偷吃了上帝明令禁吃的分辨善恶的树上的果子。
最终，撒旦及其同伙遭谴全变成了蛇，亚当与夏娃被逐出了伊甸园。
该诗体现了诗人追求自由的崇高精神，是世界文学史、思想史上的一部极重要的作品。
“失乐园”的由来是从《圣经》创世纪中所诉的故事中得来的：亚当和夏娃偷食禁果以后，世界便为此颠倒。
原来温暖如春的天空中盘旋着背离上帝的寒流，凉风一阵紧似一阵地吹过来，世间的一切都开始变得紊乱而不和谐。
道分阴阳，动静相摩，高下相克。
人失去了天真烂漫、无忧无虑的童年，注定要经历酸甜苦辣的洗礼，体验喜怒哀乐的无常。
智慧是人类脱离自然界的标志，也是人类苦闷和不安的根源。
上帝在园中行走，亚当和夏娃听见他的脚步声。
此时他们的心与上帝有了罅隙，出于负罪感，他们开始在树林中躲避上帝。
上帝对人的失落发出了痛切的呼唤：“亚当，你在那里？人哪，你在哪里？”这呼唤中包涵着上帝对人犯罪堕落，失掉了赐给人原初的绝对完美的忧伤与失望，又包涵着对人认罪归来，恢复神性的期待。
然而在上帝一步紧似一步的追问面前，亚当归咎于夏娃，夏娃委罪于蛇。
这就是上帝对人类最初的失望与忧伤，这就是人类背离上帝的最初堕落与痛苦。
亚当对上帝说：“我在园中听见您的声音，就害怕，因为我赤身露体，我便藏了起来。
”“谁告诉你赤身露体的呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子么！”上帝知道他已背离了自己的意志，愤怒地质问。
中文版 JMilton-Paradise-Lost失乐园 弥尔顿精编版
1.人类最初违反天神命令而偷尝禁果，2.把死亡和其他各种各样的灾难带到人间，3.于是失去了伊甸乐园，4.直到出现了一个更伟大的人，5.才为我们恢复了这乐土。
6.天庭的诗神缪斯呀！7.您当年曾点化过那个牧羊人，8.您在那神秘的何烈山头，或西奈的峰巅，9.最初向您的选民宣讲太初天和地怎样从混沌中生出；10.那郇山似乎更加蒙受您的喜悦，11.在神殿近旁弄流的是西罗亚溪水；12.因此我向那儿祈求你给我力量，13.完成这篇大胆冒险的诗歌，追踪一段事迹——14.从未有人尝试缀锦成文，15.吟咏成诗的题材，遐想凌云，16.飞越爱奥尼的高峰。
17.圣灵呀！特别请您，18.您喜爱廉洁和公正的心胸，19.胜过所有的神殿。
20.您无所不知，因此请您教导我；21.混沌之初，您便存在，22.张开巨大的翅膀，像鸽子一样孵伏那洪荒，23.使它怀孕，愿您的光明驱除我心中的蒙昧，24.举起并且支撑我的低微；25.使我能够适应这个伟大主题的崇高境界，26.使我能够阐明恒久的公义，27.向世人昭示天道的公正。
28.天界和地狱深渊，请先说，29.因为在您的眼中，一切都了如指掌；30.为什么我们的始祖，31.在那样的乐土，那样得天独厚，32.除了那惟一的禁令以外，33.他们俩本是世界的主宰，请先讲；34.他们竟背叛而自绝于他们的创造主？35.究竟何人引诱他们犯下这不幸的滔天大罪呢？36.原来是地狱的蛇；37.是嫉妒和仇恨激起他的奸智，38.使他欺骗了人类的母亲。
39.是他的高傲，致使他和他的全部天军被逐出天界，40.造反天军的援助，使他觉得自己无比荣耀，41.他相信：如果他反叛，就能和上帝分庭抗礼；42.由此野心勃勃，觊觎神的宝座和主权，43.枉费心机地在天界掀起了忓逆的战争。
44.全能的神栽葱般，45.把浑身火焰的他从净火天上摔下去，46.这个敢于向全能全力者挑战的神魔迅速坠下，47.一直落到深不可测的地狱，48.被禁锢在金刚不坏的镣铐和永远燃烧的刑火中。
Paradise Lost《失乐园》
God sends Raphael to warn Adam and Eve about Satan. He relates how the world was created so mankind could one day replace the fallen angels in heaven.
Satan returns to earth, and enters a serpent. Finding Eve alone he induces her to eat the fruit of the forbidden tree. Adam, resigned to join in her fate, eats also.
At the gate of hell, he meets his offspring, Sin and Death, who unbar（打开） the gates for him. He journeys across chaos（混沌） till he sees the new universe floating near the larger globe which is heaven.
背景介绍:
生活在欧洲社会的转折时代，约翰·弥尔顿经历了英国史 上的一个黑暗时代。当时复辟后的斯图亚特王朝，对清教 徒资产阶级革命家残酷报复，疯狂迫害，不少人经不起斗 争的考验，投降变节。弥尔顿虽屡遭迫害，生活艰苦，然 而仍不屈不挠，顽强斗争，始终不丧失其鲜明立场，不改 变原有的革命信仰，不放弃先前的革命原则。在黑暗的时 代，弥尔顿不畏强暴，以笔为旗，决心重振诗才，以暮年 之力，克服双目失明的重重困难，用口授的形式，由他女 儿和外甥笔录，创作了举世闻名的三部作品：史诗《失乐 园》（1667年）、《复乐园》（1671年）和诗剧《力士 参孙》（1671年），对复辟王朝进行勇敢的挑战，表现了 诗人对自由的渴望和对资产阶级革命的坚定信念。
Paradise Lost 失乐园逐句解析
• From him, who in the happy Realms of light • 何等的变化呀！你原来住在 • Clothed with transcendent brightness didst outshine • 光明的乐土，全身披覆着、 • Myriads though bright: If he whom mutual league, • 无比的光辉，胜过群星的灿烂； • United thoughts and counsels, equal hope, • 你曾和我结成同盟，同心同气， • And hazard in the glorious enterprise, • 同一希望，在光荣的大事业中 • Joined with me once, now misery hath joined • 和我在一起。现在all; but torture without end • 希望无所不到，唯独不到那里。 • Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed • 只有无穷无尽的苦难紧紧跟着 • With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed: • 永燃的硫磺不断的添注，不灭的火焰，洪水般向他们滚滚逼来。 • Such place Eternal Justice had prepared • 这个地方，就是正义之神为那些 • For those rebellious, here their prison ordained • 叛逆者准备的，在天外的冥荒中 • In utter darkness, and their portion set • 为他们设置的牢狱，那个地方
• One next himself in power, and next in crime, • 论权力和罪行都仅次于他的神魔， • Long after known in Palestine, and named • 后来在巴勒斯坦知道他的名字叫 • Beelzebub. To whom th' Arch-Enemy, • 别西卜。这个在天上叫做撒旦的 • And thence(之后) in Heaven called Satan, with bold words • 首要神敌，用豪言壮语打破可怕的 • Breaking the horrid silence thus began. • 沉寂，开始向他的伙伴这样说道： • “If thou beest(=be) he; But O how fallen! how changed • “是你啊；这是何等的堕落！
弥尔顿 《失乐园》
①体现了反抗与革命的精神，表达出对命 运的不屈服。 ②对上帝的那种专制思想的反对，体现了 共和思想。
③传达了自由、平等观念，体现了人文主 义精神。
⑴善与恶的矛盾 ⑵自由与知识的困惑
⑶道德自由和道德责任 ⑷人文主义理性的呼唤 ⑸上帝是否真的公正吗?
这本书谴责了上帝的专制统治，赞扬了撒旦 的反抗精神，同情亚当，夏娃的不幸遭遇， 在书中，塑造了一个具有崇高精神的叛逆者 形象。
The differences
The way of destroying the heavenly palace is different:Monkey King is alone,while Satan is with others' help. Their result is different:Monkey King is considered as the represent of kindness and justice ,while Satan is considered as represent of evil.
Character Contrast
Monarchy
V.S
Parliament
God
•Satan
a mixture of evil and good the spirit who dares to question the authority of God
a ruler with unli mited power a selfish despot cruel and unjust
节选
我损失了什么 并非什么都丢光 不挠的意志，热切的复仇心，永不退让的勇 气 还有什么比这些更难战胜的吗
paradiselost失乐园赏析课件
paradise-lost失乐园赏析课件Paradise LostType of WorkParadise Lost is an epic poem which — like the epic poems of Homer, Dante, Vergil, and Goethe—tells a story about momentous events while incorporating grand themes that are timeless and universal.Date CompletedMilton completed the first version of Paradise Lost in 1667. It consisted of 10 books. In 1668 and 1669, he added an introductory comment about the verse form and a special section with summaries of each book. In 1674, he published the final version of the epic, in which he divided Books 7 and 10 into two books each. The completed work thus had 12 books instead of 10. He also placed each summary at the beginning of the book it summarized.SourcesMilton used the Bible, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, and the stories in Greco-Roman mythology as sources of information and as writing models. The Bible's Book of Genesis is the main source for his retelling of the story of creation and the first humans, Adam and Eve.SettingsThe settings are heaven, hell, the firmament (苍穹) (Chaos), and earth.CharactersGod the Father, God the Son: (trinity)Two of the three divine persons making up the all-powerful Godhead, the single deity（神性）that created and ruled all that exists outside of itself. The third divine person, the Holy Spirit, does not play a role in Paradise Lost. God the Father is portrayed as just but merciful, condemning (批判) the defiant （目中无人）and unrepentant (不后悔的) rebel angels but permitting redemption of the repentant Adamand Eve. God the Son volunteers to redeem them by becoming human and enduring suffering and death.Satan (Lucifer, Archfiend): Powerful and prideful angel who, with legions (众多的) of supporters, leads an unsuccessful rebellion against God and suffers eternal damnation. To gain revenge, he devises a plan to corrupt God's newly created beings, Adam and Eve, through deceit. Modern readers often admire him for his steely defiance (藐视). He would rather rule in hell, he says, than serve in heaven. It was not Milton's intent, however, to create an admirable character; rather his intent was to create a character of colossal (巨大的) hatred —loathsome (令人讨厌的), execrable (恶劣的), incurably remorseless(冷酷无情的).Adam and Eve: The first human beings, created by God to fill the void（真空）that resulted when God cast Satan and his supporters out of the celestial realm. Adam and Eve live on the planet earth in utterhappiness in a special garden where spring is the only season and love and godly living prevail. Though they have all that they want and need, cunning Satan tells them they can have knowledge and status beyond their reach if only they eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Eve can become a goddess, he says. Vanity overtakes her. She eats. Adam reluctantly does the same.Gabriel, Raphael, Michael, Uriel: Powerful and fearless angels on the side of God. Beelzebub, Mammon, Belial, Moloch: Powerful leaders in Satan's army. In a great council in hell, each of them speaks his mind on what policy devil-kind should follow after losing paradise. Should they make a new war? Should they make peace?Ithuriel, Zephron: Angels who expel Satan from the Garden of Eden with the help of a sign from God. Satan returns to the garden later to complete his devious enterprise. Mulciber: Fallen angel who designs hell's capital city and seat of government,Pandemonium. In ancient Roman mythology, Mulciber is another name for Vulcan (Greek: Hephaestus), god of fire and the forge. As a blacksmith, he kept shop in burning mountains (volcanoes).Sin: Daughter of Satan. She was born from his head in the manner of Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom and war, who sprang from the forehead of Zeus, king of the gods. Death: Son of Satan and SinVarious Other Angels and DevilsMilton's Solar SystemIn describing the planets and other celestial bodies, Milton models God’s creation on the Ptolemaic天动说的design (also called the geocentric design) rather than the Copernican design (also called the heliocentric 以太阳为中心的design). The former placed earth at the center of the solar system, with the sun and other celestial bodies orbiting it. Copernicus and other scientists later proved that the earth orbits the sun. Milton was aware of theCopernican theory, but he used the Ptolemaic design—either because he believed it was the more credible theory or because he believed it would better serve his literary purpose. In Paradise Lost, Adam inquires about the movements of celestial bodies—in particular, whether earth orbits the sun or vice versa—in his conversation with the archangel天使Raphael, but Raphael gives no definite answer. Raphael may have been speaking for Milton. Style and Verse FormatMilton wrote Paradise Lost in dignified, lofty, melodic English free of any colloquialisms and slangs that would have limited the work's timeliness and universality. The format, Milton says in an introductory note, is "English heroic verse without rhyme"—in other words, blank verse, the same verse form used by Shakespeare in his plays. Milton's strong religious faith infuses the poem with sincerity and moral purpose, but he does not allow his enthusiasm for his subject to overtake controlof his writing. Though Milton frequently uses obscure allusions to mythology and history, as well as occasional difficult words and phrases, his language is never deliberately affected or ostentatious炫耀的. What is more, it does not preach and does not take the reader on circumlocutory迂回的expeditions. Like a symphony composer—mighty Beethoven, for example —Milton is always in control, tempering his creative genius with his technical discipline.With a good dictionary and an annotated有注解的text, a first-time reader of Milton can easily follow and understand the story while developing an appreciation for the exquisite writing.Epic ConventionsIn Paradise Lost, Milton used the classical epic conventions—literary practices, rules, or devices established by Homer that became commonplace in epic poetry. Some of these practices were also used in other genres ofliterature. Among the classical conventions Milton used are the following:(1) The invocation 祈祷of the muse, in which a writer requests divine help in composing his work.(2) Telling a story with which readers or listeners are already familiar; they know the characters, the plot, and the outcome. Most of the great writers of the ancient world—as well as many great writers in later times, including Shakespeare—frequently told stories already known to the public. Thus, in such stories, there were no unexpected plot twists, no surprise endings. If this sounds strange to you, the modern reader and theatergoer, consider that many of the most popular motion pictures today are about stories already known to the public. Examples are The Passion of the Christ, Titanic, The Ten Commandments, Troy, Spartacus, Pearl Harbor, and Gettysburg. (3) Beginning the story in the middle, a literary convention known by its Latin term in media res资源(in the middle of things). Such aconvention allows a writer to begin his story at an exciting part, then flash back to fill the reader in on details leading up to that exciting part.(4) Announcing or introducing a list of characters who play a major role in the story. They may speak at some length about how to resolve a problem (as the followers of Satan do early in Paradise Lost).(5) Conflict in the celestial realm. Divine beings fight and scheme against one another in the epics of Homer and Vergil, and they do so in Paradise Lost on a grand scale, with Satan and his forces opposing God and his forces.(6) Use of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony isa literary device in which a character in a story fails to see or understand what is obvious to the audience or readers. Dramatic irony appears frequently in the plays of the ancient Greeks. For example, in Oedipux Rex, by Sophocles, dramatic irony occurs when Oedipus fails to realize what the audience knows—that he married his own mother. InParadise Lost, dramatic irony occurs when Adam and Eve happily go about daily life in the Garden of Eden unaware that they will succumb to the devil's temptation and suffer the loss of Paradise. Dramatic irony also occurs when Satan and his followers fail to understand that it is impossible ultimately to thwart挫败or circumvent divine will and justice.Plot SummaryAll Hell broke looseBook IV, Paradise Lost.The Invocation of the Museton opens Paradise Lost by asking a muse to inspire his writing. In ancient Greece and Rome, poets had always requested “the muse” to fire them with creative genius when they began long narrative poems, called epics, about godlike heroes and villains. In Greek mythology, there were nine muses, all sisters,who were believed to inspire poets, historians, flutists, dancers, singers, astronomers, philosophers, and other thinkers and artists. If one wanted to write a great poem, play a musical instrument with bravado, or develop a grand scientific or philosophical theory, he would ask for help from a muse.When a writer asked for help, he was said to be “invoking the muse.” The muse of epic poetry was named Calliope [kuh LY uh pe]. However, in Book 7, Milton identifies Urania—the muse of astronomy—as the goddess to whom he addresses his plea for inspiration.In Milton’s time, writers no longer believed in muses, of course. Nevertheless, since they symbolized inspiration, writers continued to invoke them. So it was that when Milton began Paradise Lost, he addressed the muse in the telling of his tale, writing, “I thence invoke thy aid to my adventurous Song.”The StorySatan and his followers rebel against God. But God and his mighty angels defeat the rebels in a terrible war. God casts them into a dark abyss with a lake of fire. There, the defeated legions deplore悲叹their fate and consider their future. In a great council, the many thousands of the fallen assemble in the capital city and seat of government, Pandemonium, where Satan sits on his royal throne, to hear their leaders speak their minds on the course of action they should take. Moloc, a rebel leader who fought fiercely against the forces of the Almighty, calls for renewed war. Belial彼勒advises a do-nothing policy, maintaining that the horror of their hell will abate in time and that their surroundings will brighten. To challenge God would only result in another defeat and more punishment. After Mammon advises peace, Beelzebub—a majestic, imposing figure—notes that God is creating a new creature, man, who will occupy a new world, earth. If they turn this new creature from his ordained course, using forceor trickery, they can enjoy revenge against God, Beelzebub says. His plan is not his own; it is the plan of Satan, his master. The assembly of devils does not respond; they do not know what to say about this proposal. Then the leader of all the accursed, Satan, speaks up. He first bemoans悲叹their environs:Our prison strong, this huge convex of Fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round Ninefold, and gates of burning Adamant Barred over us prohibit all egress.(Book 2, lines 444-447)But if any of them manages to break free, Satan says, he will encounter a dark void beyond which are unknown regions and unknown dangers. Nevertheless, Satan, as leader, says he will venture forth and "Through all the coasts of dark destruction seek / Deliverance for us all: this enterprise / None shall partake参与with me." His "enterprise," of course is to work his deceptive charms against the new creatures. He willsubvert 破坏God’s plan and give hell a reason to cheer. None in the assemblage spoke against this plan. Instead, all rose with a thunderous noise to give assent:Towards him they bendWith awful reverence prone; and as a God Extol him equal to the highest in Heaven. (Book 2, 477-479)And so the assembly broke up and ventured off into the regions from whence they came: Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death,A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good,Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds,Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse.(Book 2, 621-626)Meanwhile, Satan "with thoughts inflamed of highest design / Puts on swift wings, and toward the Gates of Hell / Explores his solitary flight. . . " (Book 2, lines 630-632). Later,Satan's daughter, Sin, who was born from the archfiend's head, and his son, Death, who was born of Satan's union with Sin, decide to follow and assist their father.In heaven, God the Father and God the Son observe Satan flying in a rage toward earth. Satan will corrupt his new creatures, the Father says, even though they possess the willpower to reject sin. Their penalty will be death. However, because they will not rebel against God but instead succumb to Satan’s temptation, they will be redeemable—if someone takes on the burden of their sin by suffering and dying on their behalf. When the Son offers himself for this task, the Father accepts the offer and approves of his incarnation in the world of man.To reach earth, Satan must fly past Uriel, a member of the highest-ranking order of angels, the Seraphim. Uriel watches over earth from his post at the sun. Disguising himself as one of the cherubim—the second-highest-ranking order of angels—Satan asks Uriel to point outthe planet where man dwells so that he may go there, admire this new creature, and praise his great Maker. Uriel instructs him, and Satan resumes his journey and arrives at earth.The sight of Paradise disheartens him, for it reminds him of all that he lost in his rebellion against God. After struggling with self-recrimination and doubt, Satan regains himself and enters Paradise, taking the shape of a cormorant—a web-footed sea bird—and perching in the Tree of Life (a tree producing fruit which, when eaten, yields everlasting life) to observe the newly created Adam and Eve. They are beautiful, happy creatures who surprise Satan with their ability to speak and think logically.Later, when they are asleep, Satan whispers evil thoughts into Eve’s ear—of “vain hopes” and “inordinate desires.” When the archangel Gabriel learns of Satan’s presence in Eden, he sends two angels to expel him. When they confront him, Satan defiantly scorns them and prepares for a fight. An angelic squadrondescends toward Eden under the command of Gabriel, and a sign appears in the heavens in which God weighs the adversaries in his golden scales. When Gabriel tells Satan to look at the scales, the archfiend sees that they tip in the favor of the celestial forces, and he flees. On a mission from God, the angel Raphael warns Adam and Eve about Satan. So that they understand the nature of their foe, Raphael tells them the story of Satan’s rebellion and the great war in which angels on both sides fought fiercely. It ended in Satan’s expulsion from heaven, Raphael says, after the Son of God intervened on behalf of the celestial forces. A new world with new creatures was then created to fill the void left by the rebels cast into the deep.Adam, a curious creature, asks Raphael about the earth and its place in creation. Raphael explains the universe but warns Adam to temper his desire for knowledge with humility. When Adam expresses his great satisfaction with Eve as a mate, Raphael againcautions him to be careful. Living with and loving a creature such as Eve, with all of her charm and beauty, is wonderful; however, Adam must not let her divert his attention from his responsibilities to God.Satan returns to the Garden of Eden in the form of a snake and tempts Eve to eat fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in defiance of a divine command never to do so. If she and Adam taste the fruit, he says, they will become gods. Eve eats. After Satan leaves, Adam—though reluctant—also eats. And so Adam and Eve fall from grace, and the Son of God pronounces judgment on the transgressing humans.When Satan returns in triumph to hell, the multitude of fiends cheer him but suddenly turn into serpents. Earth becomes a place of changing seasons; the eternal spring is no more. Adam is downcast, wishing for death, and blames Eve for leading them astray. But they reconcile and decide to go on, confessing their wrongdoing and pleading for forgiveness. God decrees that heaven will remain openfor them. But He sends the archangel Michael down to evict them from Paradise. Before Michael leaves, he tells them about events to come in the history of the world and, from a hilltop, shows Adam his progeny—Cain and Abel (and the murder of Cain by Abel) and the descendants who later will form a covenant with God after a great flood.Michael then foretells the advent of a Redeemer, who will die for the sins of humankind—then rise from the grave and leave earth but return later in a second coming. Adam and Eve then walk into their new life. The World was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand with wandering steps and slow,Through Eden took their solitary way.(Book 10, lines 1537-1540)They enter the imperfect world, with all its perils.'ImageryMilton's imagery is at times graceful and elegant, as in this memorable personification in Book 6:Morn,Waked by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarred the gates of light. (lines 2-4)At other times, the imagery is imposing and awe-inspiring, as in this description in Book 7 that ends with hyperbole:There LeviathanHugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretched like a promontory sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land, and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea. (lines 412-416)In Book 8, Milton describes the commission of the first sin in simple, straightforward language, followed by a succinct personification summing up the terrible effects of the iniquity:[H]er rash hand in evil hourForth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat:Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat,Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woeThat all was lost.(line 780-784)Milton also uses personification in Book 4 in this beautiful passage about a quiet night, the starry sky, and the ascendancy of the moon: The wakeful Nightingale;She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now glow'd the FirmamentWith living Sapphires: Hesperus that led [Hesperus: evening star which the Greeks associated with the brotherThe starry Host, rode brightest, till the Moon of Atlas; later Hesperus was associated with Lucifer's brilliant light.]Rising in clouded Majesty, at length Apparent Queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her Silver Mantle threw. (lines 602-609)Enjambment跨行连续Milton uses frequently uses enjambment (also spelled enjambement) in the poem. It is a literary device in which a poet does not complete his sentence or phrase at the end of one line but allows it to carry over to the next line, as in these passages from the poem:Of man's first disobedience, and the fruitOf that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world. . .(Book 1, lines 1-3).Yet Chains in Hell, not Realms expect: mean while From me returned, as erst thou saidst, from flight,This greeting on thy impious Crest receive. 、(Book 6, lines 186-188)Milton's use of enjambment helps the poem flow from one line to the next.Main ThemeIn Book 1 of Paradise Lost, Milton reveals the central theme of the work: to justify theways of God to man. Justify here means to explain and defend, and ultimately to vindicate 澄清, God’s course of action in dealing with Adam and Eve after they succumbed to the temptation of Satan and ate forbidden fruit..Other ThemesInordinate 过度的pride: It leads to Satan's downfall and his continuing defiance of God. Envy: Arising from Satan's pride, it makes him jealous of God the Son, who is the favorite of God the Father.Revenge: It motivates Satan to corrupt Adam and Eve and thereby subvert God's plans. Vanity: It leads Eve to believe—under the temptation of Satan—that she can become godlike.Deceit: Satan appears in many disguises and tells many lies during his mission to trick Adam and Eve.Infidelity: Adam betrays God by siding with Eve and eating the forbidden fruit.Unbridled 不受约束的pursuit of knowledge:It leads Adam and Eve to seek knowledge beyond their ken, knowledge that will make them godlike.Volition意志: Angels and humans alike possess free will, enabling them to make decisions. Satan freely chooses to rebel against God, and Adam and Eve freely choose to eat forbidden fruit. The consequences of their actions are their own fault, not God's. Milton uses this theme to help support the central theme, "to justify the ways of God to man." Disobedience违抗: All sins are acts of disobedience against God, impairing or cutting off the sinner's relationship with God. Adam and Eve and all of the devils disobey God through their sins.Loyalty: Loyalty to God and his ways are necessary for eternal salvation. Loyalty requires obedience. All of the good angels exhibit loyalty.Repentance悔悟: Even though Adam and Eve have disobeyed God, their repentance makes them eligible for eventual salvation.Hope: At the end of Paradise Lost, Adam and Eve enter the imperfect world with hope; they can yet attain eternal salvation.Redemption赎回: Through the suffering and death of the Son of God, sinful man can reconcile himself with God if he is sincerely sorry for his sins.ClimaxThe climax, or turning point, of Paradise Lost occurs when Adam and Eve succumb to Satan's temptations and eat the forbidden fruit. This act of disobedience results in their downfall and eviction from Paradise.What Is an Angel?An angel is a supernatural being that serves God by praising and adoring Him and by carrying out special missions that assist humans. Angels have the additional task of opposing and punishing devils. Devils are angels cast out of heaven because they rebelled against God. The word angel derives from the Greek word angelos, meaning messenger. Themajor western religions—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—all accept the existence of angels. The rank of angels from highest to lowest is as follows:1. Seraphim (Seraph)2. Cherubim (Cherub)3. Thrones4. Dominations5. Virtues6. Powers7. Principalities8. Archangels9. AngelsStudy Questions and Essay Topics1. What does Satan mean when he says, “Better to reign in hell, then [than] serve in heav’n” (Book 1, line 263)?2. What does Belial mean when he says, "This horror will grow milde, this darkness light"? (Book 2, line 220).3. Explain the allusion in the underlined words:"[H]is Altar breathes / Ambrosial Odours and Ambrosial Flowers" (Mammon, Book 2, lines 243-244)4. Write an essay that reviews Milton's use of epic conventions in Paradise Lost. Be sure to give plenty of examples to support your thesis.5. Write an essay explaining the difference between the Ptolemaic and Copernican models of the solar system. Include in your essay illustrations of both models.。
弥尔顿失乐园英文评述paradiselost
弥尔顿失乐园英文评述paradiselostParadise LostMelton's magnum opus, the blank-verse epic poem Paradise Lost, was composed by the blind and impoverished Milton from 1658 to 1664 (first edition) with small but significant revisions published in 1674 (second edition). As a blind poet, Milton dictated his verse to a series of aides in his employ. It has been argued that the poem reflects his personal despair at the failure of the Revolution, yet affirms an ultimate optimism in human potential.The extract from Paradise Lost ids mainly talking about: Mammon who was the least erected spirit that fell from Heaven, discovered and robbed wealth with evil and greed from earth to build his paradise. When he was in Heaven, he was preferred gold and pavement other than admiring holy and bright side. This time, Mammon educated people to be greed and evil. He led a group of people to seize treasure from the mother of earth. With spade and pickax, all the miseducated men were devoted to trenching a field or casting a rampart. Soon his group had opened the hill into a spacious wound and gained ribs of gold. Meantime, another team digged many caves, magic flames under caves melted the gold and then pured all those with somewhat magic thicks. At the same time, the third groups had finished various models for architecture. Still with magic power, all the gold in boiled liquid flowed followed pipes of the buildings. It sounds like a pleasure beautiful music. Quickly and unexpected, a resplendent and magnificent palace was just stood there.The story wants to show that the roots of human’s disasters. People tends to be emotional and easy to be on the wrong pathdue to lack of rational, strong will. That’s why people would always break regulations when influenced by various factors from the outside of the world. So is paradise lost. The author criticised those attitude and ill-mind. He affirmed people’s gumption, negated infinite hedonism. And also he affirmed people’s sens e of pride, negated the breeding pride and ambition. Just like the least erected spirit Mammon, he was too evil and greedy, and mislead the delicate human to be the same ones. They destroyed the earth, plundered the wealth resources of earth. All these com from their easily broken will. People there build up the resplendent and magnificent palace, hoping eternally lived in easy and comfortable without worries and danger.In the extract of Paradise Lost, Milton shows excellent means of artistic expression. Dazzling and lyric figure of speech. Such as veins of liquid fire, as in an organ from one blast of wind, rose like an exholatior, or build like a temple. He also use the manner in which Latin is used in speaking or writing. Furthermore,he used canorous tone which expressed the sweet of tonality. For example, too many arow of pipes the sound-board breathes anon out of the earth a fabric huge of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet. There is also a part of argument by Milton in the extract, let none admire that riches grow in hell. That soil may bestdeserve the precious bane. And here let those who boast in mortal things, and wondering tell of Babel, and the works of Memphian kings. Learn how their greatest monuments of fame, and strength, and art, are easily out-done by spirits reprobate, and in an hour what in an age they with incessant toil and hands innumerable scarce perform.Features of Milton’s works.(1) Milton is one of the very few truly great English writers who is also a prominent figure in politics, and who is both a great poet and an important prose writer. The two most essential things to be remembered about him are his Puritanism and his republicanism.(2) Milton wrote many different types of poetry. He is especially a great master of blank verse. He learned much from Shakespeare and first used blank verse in non-dramatic works.(3) Milton is a great stylist. He is famous for his grand style noted for its dignity and polish, which is the result of his life-long classical and biblical study.(4) Milton has always been admired for his sublimit of thought and majesty of expression.。
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Powerful and prideful angel who, with legions of supporters, leads an unsuccessful rebellion against God and suffers eternal damnation.
Hero
To be weak is to be miserable; Doing or suffering
Brief introduction
The poem concerns the Bible story of the fall of man. The Fallen Angel Satan was thrown to the hell because of his rebel to God's authority, but without repenting, he flew to the Garden of Eden for revenge.
The poem justifies the ways of God to men. He often converses with the Son of God concerning his plans and reveals his motives. God is the ultimate authority for his being the “author” of creation.
Satan is deeply arrogant, powerful and charismatic. Satan's persuasive powers are evident throughout the book. Satan's desire to rebel against his creator stems from his unwillingness to be subjugated by God ,claiming that angels are "self-begot, self-raised“.
Paradise Lost
组员：王少莹 林小珍 杜泳斯
——John Milton
Contents
ⅠBackground information 1.Writer : John Milton 2.Writing background 3.Brief introduction of the epic Ⅱcharacters 1.Adam and Eve 2.God the father 3.Dual characters of Satan 4.Other angels Ⅲ Focus on writing 1.Tone 2.Verse format 3.Writing devices ⅣCriticism&Theme&Writing purpose
Part12: Adam and Eve leave the paradise and then lost the par adise;
Ⅱcharacters
1. God the father
2. Dual character of Satan 3.Adam and Eve
4.Other angels
God the father
God the Father is the creator of Heaven, Hell, the world, and of everyone and everything there is. Everything is a part of himself, not out of nothing. He desires glory and praise from all his creations. He is an all-powerful, all-knowing, infinitely good being who cannot be overthrown(推翻).
Satan
Satan is the first major character introduced in the poem. Formerly called Lucifer(路西法), he was the most beautiful angel in Heaven, and is a tragic figure who describes himself with the now-famous quote “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.”
Enticed by the snake which was possessed by Satan, Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In the end, Satan and his fellows all become snakes, and Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden.
Plot Summary
Part7: Adam asks angles about world problems, and gets answ ers;
Part8: Adam asks angles about how celestial bodies run, but he is not satisfied with the answers;
He love his motherland so much that he can’t stop to express his lofty ideals which he has been always eager to achieve by his poem.Therefore, he wrote the great epic -"Paradise Lost".
Part 9: Satan pretends as a snake and ask Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit; Part10: God is so angry and Adam also regret;
Part11: Adam and Eve are expelled from the Paradise;
Plot Summary
Part1: The reasons and results of the events; part2:Satan and angles discuss how to fight against God; part 3:God decides how to give human a gift;
After the establishment of the Republic of the England in 1649, John Milton was appointed to be a Latin Secretary to the Council of State. In 1652, he became blind as a result of overwork. In 1660, John Milton was imprisoned for some time in the period of the Restoration. Since then, he devoted all his time and energy to the writing, and with the assistance of relatives and friends he had wrote a total of 3 long poem: "Paradise Lost" (1665), "paradise Regained" (1671) and "Samson Agonistes" (1671). On November 8,1674, John Milton died in London.
Works
riting background
In 17th Century the British capitalist development has made significant progress. However, it was badly cramped by the feudal monarchy. Served as a revolutionist in such a turbulent period of social reform, John Milton was fiercely opposed the church government and feudal monarchy.
Brief introduction
Paradise Lost is a long epic divided into 12 books. The original story is taken from Genesis 3:1-24 of the Bible. The theme is the “Fall of Man”,i.e. Man‟s disobedience and the lost of Paradise, with its prime cause-Satan.
part 4: Satan meets with Adam and Eve and his temptation;
part 5: The angels warn Adam about Satan‟s temptation;
part 6: The angels and Satan fight against God;
Writing background
After the Restoration (1660), although John Milton was completely blind and was living in dire poverty, he redoubled his efforts to denounce the restored monarch.