雪莱资料

1、Shelley is one of the major English romantic poets in 19

century.

He was not only a Platonist, but also an idealist.

He is widely considered to be amount the finest lyric poet in the English language.

2、 repudiate(否定) the existence of God. Because he refused to retract his atheistic beliefs, Shelley was expelled from the oxford university and Shelley quarreled with his wealthy father and was banished from home.

3、Harriet Westbrook is Shelley’s first wife. But their marriage was hasty and unsuitable. In 1816 Harriet committed suicide.

5、Mary Godwin’s father is William Godwin, a radical of political justice. Her mother is a champion of women’s rights. William didn’t allow his daughter to be Shelley’s lover, butt they eloped.

又因写诗歌鼓动英国人民革命及支持爱尔兰民族民主运动，而被迫于1818年迁居意大利。While in Italy, Shelley became close friends with Byron, and the two became objects of endless, notorious rumor.

马克思说;雪莱是真正的革命家，而且永远是社会主义的急先锋。恩格斯说：雪莱是天才的预言家。

2、in 1813,he published his first important poem ，《queen

mab》，this is an allegorical poem. Through the month of QM,

Shelley attacks “kings，,priests, and statement.” and human

institutions such as marriage, commerce, and religion. 麦布

女王描写一位美丽的姑娘艾安蒂在梦中被执掌人类命运

的麦布女王带到天上，女王给她看了人类的过去、现在和

未来。雪莱描写的过去的人类社会是“君主，教皇和政客”

三位一体的世界。在这个世界里，到处是野蛮血腥的战争

和屠杀。而现在的世界是现金交易的世界。未来的世界没

有专制压迫和宗教欺骗，那里冰川解冻，沙漠变绿洲，监

狱和战争消逝。。《麦布女王》抨击了私有制社会，同情人

民的苦难遭遇，揭露了资本主义社会的拜金主义和人欲横

流的社会现实。特别是对未来世界的展望，寄托了作者对

新生活的憧憬，揭示了社会变革的必然.

Adonis《阿多尼》is written to honor the memory of John Keats, is one of the supreme elegies in English

6、（1819）

Plot borrowed from the Greek mythology, Prometheus Bound: Prometheus, the champion of humanity, who has stolen the fire from Heaven, is punished by Zeus to be chained on Mount

Caucasus & suffers the vulture's feeding on his liver.

Prometheus finally reconciles with the tyrant Zeus.

Shelley gave a totally different interpretation, transforming the compromise into liberation. With the strong support of Earth, his mother; Asia, his bride & the help from Demo gorgon & Hercules, Zeus is driven from the throne; Prometheus is unbound.

The play is an exultant work in praise of humankind's potential, representing Shelley’s faith in the ultimate victory for man’s struggle against tyranny and oppression.

Zeus: a symbol of all reactionary institutions.

Prometheus: a symbol of noble qualities: man’s shaping intellect, his heroic endurance, the defiance against tyranny, the love of mankind

普罗米修斯

众神之宙斯在巨人普罗米修斯的帮助下，登上王位，而后实行专制统治，给人类带来痛苦和灾难。普罗米修斯为了拯救人类，从天上偷来智慧之火，宙斯以怨报德把他锁在鹰鸱难越的高加索悬崖上，并嘱天鹰每日啄他的心肝，历经3000年，但他坚贞不屈，深信宙斯的末日终将来到。后来宙斯果然被打入地狱，普罗米修斯也被大力士赫拉克勒斯从悬崖上解放下来，整个宇宙光明一片，人类万物幸福欢庆。雪莱在诗歌中表达了反对专制暴政，歌颂反抗斗争，展望自由幸福社会的政治理想。在诗剧中宙斯是期欧洲封建暴君，专制统治的象征。他凶残，背信弃义，在镇压人民。普罗米修斯是人类智慧，反暴政的象征。面对着强大的敌人，普罗米修斯不怕威胁，不怕暴君的残酷折磨。他坚信光明必将战胜黑暗，暴君必然垮台。雪莱笔下的普罗米修斯，既概括了资产阶级革命派反抗专制统治、争取自由解放的革命精神和不畏强暴的英雄气概，又集中体现了诗人自己坚定的立场和伟大的品格。

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