英国文学 失乐园.ppt

1、Paradise Lost,John Milton,Paradise lost,Paradise Lost” is Miltons masterpiece It is a long epic in 12 books, written in blank verse. The story were taken from the Old Testament,Blank verse(无韵诗) is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, by no rhyme.,Genre: Epic poetry Publication

2、date: 1667 Followed by: Paradise Regained The poem concerns the Christian story of the Fall of Man,In Christian doctrine, the Fall of Man, or simply the Fall, refers to the transition of the first humans from a state of innocent obedience to God, to a state of guilty disobedience to God.,Characters

3、Synopsis Theme,Three parts,Characters,God : the Creator of the universe, of angels, Heaven, Hell, and man. The Supreme Being, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, and ruler of all.,Satan: 1.The most beautiful of all angels in Heaven. 2.Is introduced to Hell after he leads a failed rebellion. 3.Deepl

4、y arrogant(傲慢的) and powerful.,Satan,Adam: 1.The first human created by God. Considered as Gods prized creation. 2.Rules over all the creatures of the world and reside in the Garden of Eden with his wife. 3.Joins Eve in disobedience to God.,Eve: 1.The second human created by God, taken from one of Ad

5、ams ribs and shaped into a female form of Adam. 2. The model of a good wife, and happily submissive(服从的) to Adam. 3.Is tempted by Satan to sin against God,Adam and Eve in Eden,The creation,Satans revolt against the God,Satans temptation of Eve,The departure of Adam and Eve,Satan and his angels being

6、 in shape of snake forever,synopsis,Miltons story begins after Satan and the other rebel angels have been defeated and banished to Hell,Satan organizes his followers In Pandemonium(万魔殿);At the end of the debate, Satan volunteers himself to poison the newly-created Earth and Gods new and most favored

7、 creation, Mankind.,After traversing(穿过 ) the Chaos(混沌 ) outside Hell, he enters Gods new material World and the Garden of Eden. Satan, disguises in the form of a serpent(蛇), successfully tempts Eve to eat fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Then Adam and Eve are expulsed from the

8、 Garden of Eden.,Theme and Characteristic,The theme is the Fall of Man . Working through the tradition of a Christian humanism , Milton wrote Paradise Lost , intending to expose the ways of Stan and to “justify the ways of God to men” . It opens the way for the voluntary sacrifice of Christ which sh

9、owed the mercy of God in bringing good out of evil . God: selfish despot (暴君),cruel, unjust Adam and Eve: embody Miltons belief in the powers of man, craving (longing) for knowledge Gods angels: are foolish, resembling the court of an absolute monarch. Satan: is a rebel against tyranny(专制，暴行) and Sa

10、tan and his followers resemble a republican Parliament.,The Image of Satan,1.Satan is the real hero of the poem. 2. He is firmer than the rest of the angels. 3. He has an invincible(战无不胜的) heart 4. Satan remains superior in nobility and welcomes his defeat and his torments as a glory, a liberty and a joy; 5