Paradise Lost 失乐园赏析(课堂PPT)

1、1Paradise Lost By John MiltonScarlett & Yaolin2 John Milton Brief Introduction of the story Characters The Pomes The Poems in Reality Puritanism3John MiltonBorn 9 December 1608 Bread Street, Cheapside, London, EnglandDied 8 November 1674 (aged 65) Bunhill, London, EnglandOccupation Poet, Author,

2、 Polemicist, Civil Servant for the Commonwealth of EnglandNotable Works Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes4Paradise 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(圣经中的创世纪3：1-24）. The poem concerns

3、 the Christian 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) 5Story The story contains two arcs: one of Satan and the another of Adam and Eve.6Satans Rebellion“all was not lost”7

4、Adam and Eve are presented for the first time in Christian literature as having a functional relationship while still without sin.8 Satan employs his rhetorical skill to take revenge by tempting Adam and Eve.William Blake (English, 17571827), Satan Watching the Caresses of Adam and Eve9 Satan succes

5、sfully tempts 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

6、Fall of Eve10They feel sorry for what they have done and prayed to God.11 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

7、 closed behind them.12Main Characters Satan The God The Son Messia Adam and Eva Warriors13SatanThe antagonist against the HeavenA overpowering warriorA military strategistAn optimist but hesitant humanized angelThe positive attitude towards man14The GodHoly power on the worldArbitrariness over the w

8、orldTolerant towards the uprisingSevere punishment to any crime15The Son MessiaThe Gods only embodiment Obedient of the GodThe omnipotence in militaryA responsibility of humans sins16Adam and EvaCherished of everythingInnocent of the worldUnconquerable will to survive17Other WarriorsSatans troops鬼王M

9、oloch 鬼王Beelzebub贪婪鬼王Mammon比列Belial撒拉弗SeraphThe Holy Troops（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18The Poems He first used blank verse in non-dramatic Abstract from three unities Time, Place and Action.19The 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. 20Puritanism Puritanism & Christianity(16-17)Humanism in Renaissance