Paradise Lost 失乐园赏析

ParadiseLostByJohnMiltonScarlett&YaolinJohnMiltonBriefIntroductionofthestoryCharactersThePomesThePoemsinRealityPuritanismJohnMilton•Born9December1608BreadStreet,Cheapside,London,England•Died8November1674(aged65)Bunhill,London,England•OccupationPoet,Author,Polemicist,CivilServantfortheCommonwealthofEngland•NotableWorksParadiseLost,ParadiseRegained,SamsonAgonistesParadiseLostParadiseLostisanepicpoeminblankversedividedinto12books.TheoriginalstoryistakenfromGenesis3:1-24oftheBible(《圣经》中的《创世纪3：1-24》）.ThepoemconcernstheChristianstoryoftheFallofMan:thetemptationofAdamandEvebythefallenangelSatanandtheirexpulsionfromthegardenofEden.Titlepageofthefirstedition(1668)StoryThestorycontainstwoarcs:oneofSatanandtheanotherofAdamandEve.Satan’sRebellion“allwasnotlost”AdamandEvearepresentedforthefirsttimeinChristianliteratureashavingafunctionalrelationshipwhilestillwithoutsin.SatanemployshisrhetoricalskilltotakerevengebytemptingAdamandEve.WilliamBlake(English,1757–1827),'SatanWatchingtheCaressesofAdamandEve'SatansuccessfullytemptsEvebypreyingonhervanityandtrickingherwithrhetoric,andAdam,seeingEvehassinned,knowinglycommitsthesamesin.HedeclarestoEvethatsinceshewasmadefromhisflesh,theyareboundtooneanothersothatifshedies,hemustalsodie.WilliamBlake‘TheTemptationandFallofEve’TheyfeelsorryforwhattheyhavedoneandprayedtoGod.Fortheirdisobedience,AdamandEveweredrivenoutofParadise.Inthelastbook,theyweregiventhehopeforredemption.ThepoemendedwithAdamandEvewalkingawayfromParadise,handinhand,andthegatesofEdenwereclosedbehindthem.MainCharactersSatanTheGodTheSonMessiaAdamandEvaWarriorsSatanTheantagonistagainsttheHeavenAoverpoweringwarriorAmilitarystrategistAnoptimistbuthesitanthumanizedangelThepositiveattitudetowardsmanTheGodHolypowerontheworldArbitrarinessovertheworldToleranttowardstheuprisingSeverepunishmenttoanycrimeTheSonMessiaTheGod’sonlyembodimentObedientoftheGodTheomnipotenceinmilitaryAresponsibilityofhuman’ssinsAdamandEvaCherishedofeverythingInnocentoftheworldUnconquerablewilltosurviveOtherWarriorsSatan’stroops鬼王Moloch鬼王Beelzebub贪婪鬼王Mammon比列Belial撒拉弗SeraphTheHolyTroops（七大天使长）乌利尔Uriel天体星辰拉斐尔Raphael人类灵魂米迦勒Mikael守护神莎莉叶Sariel灵魂复仇者加百列Gabriel天堂掌管雷米勒Remiel冥界灵魂ThePoems•Hefirstusedblankverseinnon-dramatic•AbstractfromthreeunitiesTime,PlaceandAction.ThePoemsInRealityInthebattle,theuprisingsshowusanewweaponwithalongtubeandhollowinside,whichisnowcalledCanon。Theangelswatchthehuman’sworldclearlybyuseofakindofGalileo’sbiginvention-Telescope.Thebattlefield-theburning-lake.PuritanismPuritanism&Christianity(16-17)HumanisminRenaissanceandtheReformation(宗教改革)producedthePuritainism.NoPopeintheparliament.Bibleistheonlycannon.Bediligentandleadasimplelife.TheEndThankYou