Paradise Lost 失樂園賞析

1、Paradise Lost By John MiltonScarlett & Yaolin John Milton Brief Introduction of the story Characters The Pomes The Poems in Reality PuritanismJohn MiltonBorn 9 December 1608 Bread Street, Cheapside, London, EnglandDied 8 November 1674 (aged 65) Bunhill, London, EnglandOccupation Poet, Author, Polemi

2、cist, Civil Servant for the Commonwealth of EnglandNotable Works Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson AgonistesParadise Lost Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse divided into 12 books. The original story is taken from Genesis 3: 1-24 of the Bible(圣經(jīng)中的創(chuàng)世紀(jì)3：1-24）. The poem concerns the Chr

3、istian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the garden of Eden. Title page of the first edition (1668) Story The story contains two arcs: one of Satan and the another of Adam and Eve.Satans Rebellion“all was not lost” Adam and Ev

4、e are presented for the first time in Christian literature as having a functional relationship while still without sin. Satan employs his rhetorical skill to take revenge by tempting Adam and Eve.William Blake (English, 17571827), Satan Watching the Caresses of Adam and Eve Satan successfully tempts

5、 Eve by preying on her vanity and tricking her with rhetoric, and Adam, seeing Eve has sinned, knowingly commits the same sin. He declares to Eve that since she was made from his flesh, they are bound to one another so that if she dies, he must also die. William BlakeThe Temptation and Fall of EveTh

6、ey feel sorry for what they have done and prayed to God. For their disobedience, Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise. In the last book, they were given the hope for redemption. The poem ended with Adam and Eve walking away from Paradise, hand in hand, and the gates of Eden were closed behind th

7、em.Main Characters Satan The God The Son Messia Adam and Eva WarriorsSatanThe antagonist against the HeavenA overpowering warriorA military strategistAn optimist but hesitant humanized angelThe positive attitude towards manThe GodHoly power on the worldArbitrariness over the worldTolerant towards th

8、e uprisingSevere punishment to any crimeThe Son MessiaThe Gods only embodiment Obedient of the GodThe omnipotence in militaryA responsibility of humans sinsAdam and EvaCherished of everythingInnocent of the worldUnconquerable will to surviveOther WarriorsSatans troops鬼王Moloch 鬼王Beelzebub貪婪鬼王Mammon比列

9、Belial撒拉弗SeraphThe Holy Troops（七大天使長(zhǎng)）烏利爾Uriel 天體星辰拉斐爾Raphael人類靈魂米迦勒Mikael守護(hù)神莎莉葉Sariel靈魂復(fù)仇者加百列Gabriel天堂掌管雷米勒Remiel冥界靈魂The Poems He first used blank verse in non-dramatic Abstract from three unities Time, Place and Action.The Poems In RealityIn the battle, the uprisings show us a new weapon with a long tube and hollow inside ,which is now called Canon 。The angels watch the humans world clearly by use of a kind of Galileos big invention- Telescope.The battlefield-the burning-lake. Puritanism Puritanism & Christianity(16-17)Humanism in Renaissance