John Milton
约翰弥尔顿 John Milton
John Milton´s Times
Ⅰ. The weakening of the tie between monarchy and bourgeoisie interests in common: Spain, Roman Catholic Church, noble houses
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2. He is also an outstanding political pamphleteer of the Revolution period. He dedicated himself to the revolutionary cause. 3. He made a strong influence on the later English poetry.
Ⅱ. The clashes between the king and parliament monarchy controlled commercial activity— inconvenience to merchants and sharp rise in price—persecution of capitalist class
John Milton´s Times
Ⅲ. 1642-1649: English Civil War two camps: opposition leaders (merchants, artisans, apprentices, peasants)--- king (conservative gentry, big landlords, monopolists) Ⅳ. Death of King Charles I establishment of a commonwealth, i.e. republic
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
失乐园是米尔顿的代表作全部诗长达万行
Quotes by John Milton--- To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.Paradise Lost--- We see things not as they are but as we are.Paradise Lost--- Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts and eloquence.Paradise Regained--- O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age!Samson Agonistes---Stood up, the strongest and the fierc est spirit That fought in heaven, now fierc er by despair.Paradise Lost---He's gone, and who knows how may he report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?Samson Agonistes---Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquenc e.Paradise Regained---Give me the liberty to k now, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscienc e, above all liberties.Areopagitica---Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heaven.Paradise Lost---The mind is its own place, and in it self Can mak e a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.Paradise Lost---Throw open all the doors; let there be light; let every man think and bring his thoughts to the light; dread not any diversities of opinion.AreopagiticaJohn MiltonI. Brief Introduction to the Writer1. Life S toryMilton was born in 1608 in London. He fights for freedom in all aspects as a Christian humanist. As a writer, as a poet and as a prose writer, he towered above all the other English writers of his time in his revolutionary and humanist views and in artistic achievement. In his life, Milton shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. His achievement in literature made him exert a great influence over later ones.Milton’s father was both a scholar and a businessman, who loved music and literature. From boyhood Milton was a hard-working student. He was first educated at the famous St. Paul’s School in London. Then he was sent to Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he acquired a good knowledge of Latin. He was frequently chosen to deliver speeches before students, in which he strongly condemned the subjects and methods of study at the college that would make a person a more finished fool. While at Cambridge he wrote a few poems in Latin, Italian and English. His parents expected him to take orders in the Church of England, but Milton would not enter the church against his conscience. Nor would he want to do some work of the law. He was opposed to follow the trend of civil and religious affairs in his country.After his graduation he retired to his father’s country house. There he devoted himself to study and to the writing of poetry. In 1638 in order to complete his preparation for his literary career, he started his travel on the Continent, through France, Switzerland and Italy. While in Naples he heard that the English Revolution broke out. At that time he was full of thoughts of fighting for human freedom. He cut short his journey and returned to England, where he couldlend a helping hand in bringing down King-Charles I and raising up the people. He put his pen to the service of the revolutionary cause, and later of the Commonwealth. Then in 1649 Milton was appointed Latin Secretary to the Commonwealth for the purpose of corresponding with foreign governments. He was in charge of close relation between England and foreign countries.But from childhood the disease on his eyes had grown more and more serious. Now the physicians warned him that one of his eyes was already hopelessly destroyed and a complete rest from his work could save the sight in the other. He didn’t follow the doctors’ advice and continued to work hard and thus went completely blind by the beginning of 1652. But his blindness did not interrupt the performance of his work. He continued his duty on behalf of the Commonwealth and Oliver Cromwell.Early in 1642 Milton married Mary Powell, but the marriage was an unhappy one. Mary was unable to understand or share her husband’s political views. Less than a month after the wedding, she paid her family a visit and refused to return. For the next two years Milton saw nothing of her. His own trouble with his wife led to his consideration of the freedom of divorce on account of lack of sympathy. After the death of Mary, Milton married again. At that time he was relieved of his duties as Latin Secretary and was granted a pension for life. His second wife died in childbirth a few years later.Then something disasterous happended to the English people. The bourgeoisie , having won its struggle for power, was now extremely afraid of the lower class who had helped them to win the victory. After the death of Cromwell, the bourgeoisie had negotiations with Charles II, and the Restoration of monarchy was drawing near. At this critical moment Milton stood up. He published a powerful pamphlet, calling on people to resist the Restoration. The bourgeoisie paid no attention to Milton’s voice, and in 1660 Charles II entered London to be the King of England. When the King took the throne, Milton was arrested and imprisoned. He was fined, but fi nall y set free.A fire in London destroyed his house. He moved from place to place until he settled down on the suburbs in London. His blindness forced him to depend on his daughters for help with his reading and writing. And thus living in poverty, he went back to his early dream to be a poet. Each day he dictated his epic Paradise Lost ten or twenty lines at a time. In 1665 the book was finished.For its publication Milton received merely 10 pounds, “the waste-paper price”. The success of Paradise Lost was immediate. Then another epic Paradise Regained was published in 1671. The sale was less paid than that of Paradise Lost. Samson Agonistes ended Milton’s writing life. In his last years he suffered more and more from gout. H e di ed of i t i n 1674 at the age of 66.Though he lived in persecution, Milton had no lack of friends and visitors. His youngest daughter described him as excellent company, especially with young people. The personal beauty naturally yielded to age and illness, but he seemed always, despite his blindness, to have been careful of his dress and appearance. And study, in spite of fate and of the harm it had done to him, he never abandoned.2. Literary CareerMilton’s literary achievements can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets and the last great poems. In his early works Milton appeared as the inheritor of all that was best in Elizabethan literature. Lycidas was a typical example. The poem was dedicated to Edward King. In 1637, Edward King, a young minister, who had been a classmate of Milton at college and he also wanted to write poetry. Unfortunately he was drown at sea. The college decided to publish a memorial volume and Milton was asked to write. He wrote a poem, which was an elegy. The poem began with grief and a feeling of immaturity; then the grief was deepened by the loss of a young poet. With the bitter sense of loss, Milton asked why the just and good should suffer. This kind of feeling changed into a strong desire to seek comfort in art. The climax of the poem was the attack on the clergy, the shepherds who were corrupted by self-interest and foretold their ruin.Milton devoted almost 20 years of his best time to the fight for political, religious, and personal liberty as a writer. His powerful pamphlets written during this period made him the greatest prose writer of his age. During the Revolution, he used his pen as the weapon in fighting against the king and the Catholic Church. His representative works in this period were Defense of the English People, Second Defense of the English People and Areopagitica. Among which, the last was probably his most memorable prose work. In 1644 the Presbyterian Church in Parliament re-established the censorship of books before publication. This filled Milton with a noble rage. In the form of a speech, addressing to the House of Parliament he appealed for the freedom of thepress. The gist of his pamphlet was: Through open all the door; let there be light; let every man think and bring his thoughts to the light; dread not any diversities of opinion. In defending the freedom of the press, Milton fought for a further development of the bourgeois revolution. So Areopagitica,as a declaration of people’s freedom of the press, was a weapon in the later democratic revolutionary struggle.After the Restoration in 1660, when he was blind and suffering, when he was poor and lonely, Milton wrote his 3 major poetical works: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. They all had a Biblical origin and were famous for their magnificence in structure and elegance of language. Many English and European writers are deeply influenced by his writings. Among the three Paradise Lost is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. It tells how mankind, in the person of Adam, fell at the first temptation by Satan and became an outcast from Paradise and from the divine grace. The poem was written with soaring imagination and far-ranging intellectual grasp in his most forceful and exalted style.Paradise Regained was a story of human salvation through Christ. The poem shows how mankind withstands the tempter and is established once more in the divine favor. Christ’s temptation in the wildness and the triumph of Christian virtue over evil are the theme. The successful resistance to temptation points to Milton’s Puritanism. On the other hand the poem also has rich political and revolutionary significance, for Christ is in a way an embodiment of a bourgeois revolutionist. Through the mouth of Christ, Milton voices his own wish to rescue his people from tyranny. Though Paradise Regained is Milton’s favorite, and though there are many passages of noble thought and splendid imagery equal to the best of Paradise Lost, the poem as a whole falls below the level of the first, and is less interesting to read.The last one Samson Agonistes is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English. Milton employs the Old Testament story of Samson to inspire the defeated English Puritans with the courage to triumph through sacrifice. The theme was more vital and personal. In the story, Samson was an athlete of the Israelites. He stood as the champion fighting for the freedom of his country. But he was betrayed by his wife and blinded by his enemies. He was led into the temple and wreaked vengeance upon his enemies by pulling down the temple upon them and upon himself in a common ruin. Though blind, alone, persecuted by thoughtlessenemies, Samson preserves a noble ideal to the end. By using this poem, Milton expresses that he too could bring destruction down to the enemy at the cost of his own life. There is much in common between Samson and Milton. Like Samson Milton has also been unhappy by an unwise marriage, persecuted by his enemies, has suffered from blind and yet is unconquerable. On this sense Samson is Milton.1.Literary AchievementMilton is a militant pamphleteer of the English Revolution and the greatest English revolutionary poet of the 17th century. He has written the greatest epic in English literature. His influence is in almost all later English poetry. He and Shakespeare have always been regarded as two patterns of English verse.He is a master of the blank verse. He first used blank verse in non-dramatic works. His matchless daring in experiment introduced variety (variation of pause, connection of lines, etc.) and achieved extraordinary freedom from monotony. In Paradise Lost, he acquires an absolute mastery of the blank verse.Milton is a great stylist. He is famous for his grand style, which is the result of his life-long classical and biblical study. But his style is never exactly natural. It is art attained by definite and conscientious rhetorical device. He likes to use Latinisms and proper names of resonance and color to create an elevated and dignified effect. There are many sublimity of thought and majesty of expression in his works, which include some of the greatest poems of the world.4.Writing StyleIn his works there is much theological discussion which seems important to Milton, but which is rather dull reading for modern readers. The chief characteristic of the blank verse used in the poems is the long and involved and sometimes seemingly interminable sentence constructions, so that a passage frequently goes on and on through ten or twenty or even more lines of verse, and the meaning of the whole long thing is suspended and not complete, while clause after clause, phrase after phrase are added to enrich the complexity of thought or to increase the effect of the description till the end of the sentence comes with the period, and only then does the reader grasp the full significance of the entire utterance.He also uses the extreme variety of pauses. In his epic Milton’s pauses may come almostanywhere in a line of verse. As a result he is difficult to read. Some people even say that Milton writes no English.II. Brief Introduction to the Selected Literary Work1.Brief Summary of the StoryParadise LostSatan and the other rebellious angels awake to find themselves in Hell on a lake of fire. He is lying beside Beelzebub. Satan raises himself from the lake and flies to the shore. He calls for the other angels to do the same, and they assemble by the lake. Satan tells them that all is not lost and tries to inspire his followers. Led by Mammon and Mulc iber, the fallen angels build their capital and palac e, Pandemonium. The highest ranking of the angels then assemble for a counc il.In the counc il, Satan asks what the demons think should be the next move against God. Moloch argues for open warfare. Belial twists Moloch’s arguments, proposi ng that nothing should be done. Mammon, the materialistic angel, argues that they do the best w ith what they have. Finally, Beelzebub, Satan’s second in command, proposes that the angels try to get at God through his new creation, Man. Beelzebub’s proposal, which is really Satan’s proposal, is adopted, and Satan volunteers to find the new world and new creatures. He leaves at once, flying to the Gate of Hell. There, he meets his children, Sin and Death. Sin opens the gate for Satan who flies out into Chaos and Night. Sin and Death follow him. Finally, in the distance Satan sees Earth.God watches Satan approach Earth and predicts his success in corrupting Man. Man has free w ill. But God omnisciently knows what w ill happen. God adds that Man can be saved through mercy and grace, but he must als o accept the just punishment of death, unless someone takes on death for Man. The Son offers to become a man and suffer death in order to overcome it. The angels rejoice. In the meantime, Satan, sitting on the edge of the Earth, cannot see the way to Man. Satan disguises himself as a cherub and flies to the sun to talk with the archangel, Uriel. Uriel shows Satan the way to Man.Looking at Earth, Satan is taken w ith its beauty but quickly overcomes his sympathy to concentrate on what he must do. He sees Adam and Eve and is entranced w ith their beauty. As Satan listens to the pair, they talk about God’s one commandment that they not eat from the Tree of Know ledge under penalty of death. Satan immediately begins to formulate a plan.Uriel, on the sun, becomes suspic ious of the cherub whose face shows changing emotions and goes to warn Gabriel. Gabriel says that he and his angels will capture any interlopers inthe Garden, and late that night Ithuriel and Zephron capture Satan whispering in Eve’s ear. The two angels bring Satan before Gabriel, who, w ith God’s help, banishes the temp ter from Earth.When Eve awakes, she tells Adam of her troubling dream. Adam comforts her, reminding her that they are safe if they obey God. God dec ides to send the angel Raphael to warn Adam and Eve to be wary of Satan. Raphael goes to Earth where he eats with Adam and Eve. After the meal, Raphael tells Adam about the great rebellion in Heaven. Raphael says that Lucifer (Satan) was jealous of the Son and through sophistic argument got his followers, about one third of the angels, to follow him to the North. There, only one of Satan’s followers stood up against him—Abdiel, who returned to God.Satan attacks God and the Heavenly Host, whose power has been limited by God. Nonetheless, God’s forces have little diffic ulty in defeating the rebels. Mic hael splits Satan in half, which is humiliating, but not deadly, because Satan, as an angel, cannot die. After the first day of battle, the rebels construct a cannon and begin the second day’s battle with some success. God’s forces begin to pull up mountains and hurl them at the rebels, burying them and their cannons. God is amused at the presumption of the rebels but does not want the landscape destroyed. He sends the Son forth by himself in a chariot. The rebels are quickly herded into Hell.When Adam asks Raphael about the creation of the world, the angel explains the day-by-day creation of the world in six days. Then, in an effort to keep the angel engaged in conversation, Adam asks about the motions of the heavenly bodies. Raphael explains that Adam should leave some questions to God’s wisdom. Next, Adam describes his own creation, his introduction to Eden, and the creation of Eve. He describes how beautiful Eve is to him and the bliss of wedded love. Raphael gives Adam a final warning about Satan as he leaves.Having been gone from Eden for eight days, Satan returns, sneaking in through a fountain near the Tree of Know ledge. He takes the form of a serpent to try to trick Man. When Adam and Eve awake, they argue over whether they should work together or alone. Eve finally convinces Adam to let her work by herself. Satan, in serpent’s form, approaches Eve and, using c lever but fallac ious arguments, convinces her to eat the fruit of the Tree of Know ledge. After Eve eats, she reveals what she has done to Adam, who, unable to bear the thought of losing Eve, eats also. Having eaten the fruit, the two are overcome with lust and run to the woods to make love. When they awake, they are filled with shame and guilt. Each blames the other.In Heaven, the angels are horrified that Man has fallen, but God assures them that He had foreknowledge of all that would happen. He sends the Son to Earth to pronounce judgment on the humans and the serpent. The Son goes to Earth and makes his judgments. He adds though, that through mercy, Adam and Eve and all humans may eventually be able to overcome death. In an act of pity, the Son c lothes the two humans.Sin and Death meanwhile have sensed an opportunity on Earth. They construct a huge causeway from Hell to Earth. On their way across, they meet Satan returning to Hell. They proceed to Earth while Satan enters Hell in disguise. Satan appears on his throne and announces what he has done. Expecting to hear the applause of all the fallen angels, he instead hears only hissing as he and all his followers are turned into snakes. When they eat the fruit of the Tree of Know ledge which appears before them, it turns to bitter ashes.On Earth, Sin and Death see infinite opportunities. God, looking down on the two, says eventually they will be cast into Hell and sealed up. Adam and Eve lament, but Eve submissively asks Adam’s forgiveness. He relents, his love overcoming his bitterness. She suggests suic ide as a way to avoid the terrible curse on the world, but Adam s ays they must obey God.God sends the angel, Mic hael, to take Adam and Eve out of Eden. Before doing so, Michael takes Adam to a hill and gives the human a vision of biblical history, ending with the birth of Jesus who w ill be the savior of Man. Adam rejoic es. Adam and Eve together are led out of Eden. Behind them a flaming sword guards the entrance; ahead, they face a new life in a new world.2. Analyses of the Major CharactersGodGod created all things out of Himself, including evil. God is described as a ruler with unlimited power, who is no better than s selfish despot, seated upon a throne and uses those powers wrongly or cruelly. In the poems God is surrounded by his angels, who never think of expressing any opinion of their own. His long speeches are never pleasing. He is the representative of an absolute monarch. However, the all-knowing God is just in allowing Adam and Eve to be attempted and, of their free will, to choose sin and its inevitable punishment, thereby opening the way for that voluntary sacrifice of Christ. This shows that God is merciful in bring good out of evil.SatanSantan is the central figure in Paradise Lost. He is both human and superhuman. He is someone in whom evil is mixed with good but who is doomed to be destructed by the flaw of self-love. He is impressive, powerful, and immense, looming up as a magnificent figure, a mighty, a terrible, and an immortal Being. Like a conquered and banished giant, he remains obeyed and admired by those who follow him down to hell. He is superior to man, as well in the dignity of his nature, entirely different from the devil of the miracle plays and completely overshadowing the hero both in interest and manliness. He is better than the rest of the angels. It is always from him that deep counsels, unlooked-for resources and courageous deeds proceed. It is he who, passing the guarded gates and boundless chaos, amid so many dangers, and across so many obstacles, makes man revolt against God.Though defeated, he prevails, since he has won from God the third part of his angels, and almost all the sons of Adam. Though wounded, he triumphs, for the thunder which hits upon his head left his heart invincible. Though feebler in force, he remains superior in nobility, since he prefers independence to happy servility, and welcomes his defeat and his torments as a glory, a liberty, and a joy. Satan is the spirit who dares to question the authority of God.The simple “Satanist” case is that Milton allowed the revolutionary in himself to take root in Santan. Though Milton thought of himself as a Christian, his inner sympathies with rebellion, anger and revolution often color the poem. Satan’s defiance of the Divine Will is indispensable to the continuance of his identity, a predicament which raise him to tragic status.Adam and EveAdam is the first man created by God while Eve is the first woman created by God. They embody Milton’s belief in the power of man. Their craving for knowledge. This long for knowledge opens before mankind a wide road to an intelligent and active life.3. Theme of the PoemThe poem, as it is said at the outset, is the “Fall of Men” i.e. man’s disobedience and the loss of Paradise with its prime cause Satan. The purpose of Milton is to expose the ways of Satan and “to justify the ways of God to men”. At the center of the conflict between human love and spiritual duty lies Milton’s fundamental concern with freedom and choice: the freedom to submit to God’s prohibition on eating the apple and the choice of disobedience made for love. The freedom of willis the keystone of Milton’s belief. The poem tries to convince us that all-knowing God is just in allowing Adam and Eve to be tempted and, of their free will, to choose sin and its inevitable punishment. And thereby it opens the way for the voluntary sacrifice of Christ which shows the mercy of God in bring good out of evil. But after reading it one gets the impression that the main idea of the poem is a revolt against God’s authority.III. Latest Critical Commentary《失乐园》是米尔顿的代表作。
约翰.弥尔顿(John_Milton)作品及生平的英文ppt
Life Works Influence
An English poet,polemicist(辩论家） and scholary man of letters（学者） A civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell Best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost
was often judged equal or superior to all other
English poets, including Shakespeare.
Thank ied in the company of his intimates
Poetic works
Lycidas 《利西达斯》1638 Epitaphium damonis 1639 On the late massacre in piedmont 1645
Study, poetry, and travel
1632-1638——Milton retired the official work and living in a country Villa to accumulate his knowledge 1638——He began his European journey
Prose tracts and composing
1941——Milton began to write political and religious prose 1652——Milton was blind and compose three of his great workes
约翰·弥尔顿的婚姻观
Milton's love view摘要：约翰·弥尔顿是十七世纪英国最著名的诗人、政论家，代表作品有长诗《失乐园》、《复乐园》和《力士参孙》。
弥尔顿先后结过三次婚，由于自身的婚姻经历，他特别提倡男女平等、婚姻自由。
本文将结合弥尔顿的生平及其所作《梦亡妻》，分析弥尔顿的爱情观。
关键词：弥尔顿的生平梦亡妻爱情观1.弥尔顿的生平1.1弥尔顿的成长经历及其生活时代约翰·弥尔顿（John Milton，1608年12月9日～1674年11月8日）英国诗人、政论家，民主斗士，英国文学史上伟大的六大诗人之一。
于1608年出生于伦敦一个十分富有的清教徒家庭的弥尔顿，受其父亲影响，从小酷爱读书，性格狂妄，思想独立。
大学毕业后在父亲的霍尔顿乡村庄园里生活了将近五年后，带着父亲给他的资助踏上了去法国，瑞士和意大利的旅行之路。
在意大利期间，听说英国可能要爆发战争，马上停止了旅行和写诗的计划，回到了英国，成为英国资产阶级革命在思想战线方面的鸣锣开道者。
在克伦威尔上台后，新政共和国领导者任命他为外交事务拉丁文秘书，由于用眼过度，于1652 年双目失明。
1660 年王朝复辟后，被投进监狱，但又得到了国王的宽恕并重新开始诗歌创作,写出了《失乐园》《复乐园》和《力士参孙》等千古流传的诗歌。
1674 年与世长辞。
弥尔顿生活的时代是英国历史上最为动荡的时期之一，是殖民主义发展的一个世纪。
在这个世纪，资本主义在英国得到首次实践。
以清教徒为代表的资产阶级在反对绝对君主统治制度的资产阶级革命中取得了胜利，开创了现代英国的雏形。
由于清教徒限制一切纵欲、享乐甚至消费行为，他们对文学总体上来说采取的是一种压制的态度。
然而，约翰·弥尔顿却以他优美的诗歌荣耀了这个时代以及这个时代的人们，在他的作品中，清教徒不屈不挠的精神得到了最好的诠释。
1.2弥尔顿的婚姻经历弥尔顿的家庭生活很不平坦，弥尔顿一生结过三次婚,。
他在择偶的标准上,三次的经历又极其相似,那就是他的三任妻子都比他年纪小很多。
玫瑰与弥尔顿诗的意思
玫瑰与弥尔顿诗的意思玫瑰是一种著名的花卉，常常与爱情、浪漫和美丽相联系。
在文学作品中，玫瑰也经常被用作象征和隐喻的意象。
而弥尔顿诗指的是英国文学史上著名的诗人弥尔顿（JohnMilton）所创作的诗歌作品。
他的作品以史诗题材为主，其中最著名的是《失乐园》（ParadiseLost）。
玫瑰与弥尔顿诗的意义可以从不同层面来理解。
首先，在诗歌中，玫瑰和弥尔顿的诗可以被视为对美丽与艺术的表达。
玫瑰作为一种美丽的花卉，象征着生命和自然中的美好事物。
而弥尔顿的诗歌作品，通过丰富的语言和意象，描绘出人类的壮丽与悲壮，表达了诗人对人类存在的思考和对人性的探究。
这两者的串联，可以产生一种诗意和美感的交融。
其次，玫瑰与弥尔顿诗还可以被视为对爱情和浪漫的表达。
玫瑰作为一种常见的爱情象征，代表着纯洁、浪漫和深情。
而弥尔顿诗中常常描绘了爱情的复杂和伤感，通过对人际关系、欲望和背叛的描写，呈现出对爱情的思考与反思。
因此，结合玫瑰和弥尔顿诗可以传达出关于爱情的深刻主题和情感。
此外，玫瑰与弥尔顿诗还可以被视为对人类存在和人性的思考。
玫瑰作为一种有刺的花卉，代表了世间的荆棘和挑战。
而弥尔顿的诗歌作品中，常常描绘了人类的苦难与挣扎，通过对战争、背叛和罪恶的描写，探讨了人类存在的意义与价值。
以玫瑰和弥尔顿诗为象征，表达了对人类命运和人性的审视和思考。
综上所述，玫瑰与弥尔顿诗的联系可以看作是对美丽与艺术、爱情与浪漫以及人类存在与人性的多重层面的思考和表达。
通过这样的联想与比喻，诗人通过诗歌的语言和意象，为读者创造出丰富、深刻和动人的艺术体验。
John Milton约翰弥尔顿生平介绍
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lost his sight.（totally blind in 1654）
• wrote the sonnet（十四行诗） “When I Consider How My Light is Spent.”(论失明） • his wife Mary and his daughter died .
• Milton married for a third time in 1662, to Elizabeth Mynshull (1638–1728). Despite a 31year age gap, the marriage seemed happy, according to John Aubrey, and was to last more than 12 years until Milton's death.
Our own thoughts on Milton
• lucky and miserable person. • Had a wide range of knowledge • Well-educated person. • Though he was rich ， he did not extravagant and dissipated.
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The mind is its own place， and in itself，can make heaven of Hell，and a hell of Heaven．境由心生，心之所向，可以让天
弥尔顿的《失乐园》
ABSTRACTJohn Milton, one of the greatest poets at the end of English Renaissance, whose works have occupied a high position in the history of English literature, culture and ideology. His personal experience and social environment play an important role in the creation of his works. All of Milton’s works, Paradise Lost is extremely complicated and profound. The story were taken from The Old Testament. It is regarded as a summary of the 17th century English social history, as well as powerful weapons against feudalism. The thesis will analyze the rebellious spirit in Paradise Lost.This paper is divided into three chapters. Chapter one is about research status on Paradise Lost. Chapter two is the manifestation of Milton’ rebellious spirit in Paradise Lost. This part includes the reasons for their rebel. Their rebellious spirit is reflected by different characters, Satan, Adam and Eve and their symbolic meaningsin Paradise Lost. Chapter three focus on the reasons for the formation of Milton’s rebellious spirit, mainly from the aspects of his personal experience and social environment.Key words: Milton rebellious spirit personal experiences Paradise Lost摘要约翰弥尔顿，是英国文艺复兴时最伟大的诗人之一。
John Milton
• What good is it if we remain alive and healthy forever if it's only so we can suffer forever? • help
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Arch-fiend replied. Fallen Cherub, to be weak is miserable Doing or Suffering: but of this be sure, To do ought good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist.
Satan said these words forcefully though he was in pain and despair. boasting Tortured with Beelzebub responded, Oh Prince, you bravely led the rebelling angels against Heaven's king. Satan’s followers An attributive clause with three coordinate finite verbs. But he defeated us, whether by his greater strength or just good luck, I don't know.
John Milton (1631-1700)
关于约翰.弥尔顿(John_Milton)作品及生平的英文PPT演示课件
pamphlets
------His first entry into political conflict ------Pamphlets on marriage -----Areopagitica ------Milton’s work as the spokesman of the Revolution ------ His ge and Horton day’s
at age 16 Cambridge. finest student In 1632 ,Milton received his B.A. In 1629 ，Latin, Greek, French, Italian, and Hebrew（希伯来语）, Cambridge to become a clergyman(牧师), but he was dissuaded from this occupation due to “tyranny”（专制统治） in the church.
1640-1660: pamphlets
1660-1674: Paradise Lost (1665), Paradise Regained (1671), Samson Agonistes (1671).
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Early poems
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity《基督诞生晨
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the necessity of thorough religious reform
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Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce 《离婚的戒律和学说》 1643
Backgroud getting trouble in his marriage
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John Milton(1608--1674) was the greatest poet and pamphleteer in the mid-17th century
England. He was born into a puritan family and was sent to study in Cambridge University where
he took his B.A and M.A and acquired a good knowledge of Greek and Latin. While in Cambridge,
he wrote The Cheerful Man and The Pensive Man which had shown his talent in poetry writing.
Milton was a great stylist. He was famous for his grand style—Miltonic style which was
the result of his life-long classical and biblical study. The blank verse which is used throughout the
epic, characterized by its employment of long and involved sentences which run on many lines
with a variety of pauses, achieving sometimes an oratorical and sometimes an elaborately logical
effect.
Milton was political in his life. In more than 20 yeas after 1640, as a puritan, he
participated in the struggle against the despotism and the Church of England and wrote several
pamphlets advocating the abortion of the episcopacy although his eyesight was failing. The
Defence of the English People, in which he eulogized the English people for their courage in
fighting for liberty and overthrowing a tyrant, was the last work he saw.
From 1652 until his death he worked in total darkness. Without his sight, he redoubled his
efforts to denounce the restored monarch. With arduous labor he finished Paradise Lost in which
he gave vent to his indignation against Charles Ⅱ and expressed the humanist pursuit for
happiness, that is, the spirit of Renaissance, and Samson Agonistes which showed his personal
feeling of his last years.