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Paradise Lost《失乐园》
God sends Raphael to warn Adam and Eve about Satan. He relates how the world was created so mankind could one day replace the fallen angels in heaven.
Satan returns to earth, and enters a serpent. Finding Eve alone he induces her to eat the fruit of the forbidden tree. Adam, resigned to join in her fate, eats also.
At the gate of hell, he meets his offspring, Sin and Death, who unbar（打开） the gates for him. He journeys across chaos（混沌） till he sees the new universe floating near the larger globe which is heaven.
背景介绍:
生活在欧洲社会的转折时代，约翰·弥尔顿经历了英国史 上的一个黑暗时代。当时复辟后的斯图亚特王朝，对清教 徒资产阶级革命家残酷报复，疯狂迫害，不少人经不起斗 争的考验，投降变节。弥尔顿虽屡遭迫害，生活艰苦，然 而仍不屈不挠，顽强斗争，始终不丧失其鲜明立场，不改 变原有的革命信仰，不放弃先前的革命原则。在黑暗的时 代，弥尔顿不畏强暴，以笔为旗，决心重振诗才，以暮年 之力，克服双目失明的重重困难，用口授的形式，由他女 儿和外甥笔录，创作了举世闻名的三部作品：史诗《失乐 园》（1667年）、《复乐园》（1671年）和诗剧《力士 参孙》（1671年），对复辟王朝进行勇敢的挑战，表现了 诗人对自由的渴望和对资产阶级革命的坚定信念。
新世纪高职英语
新世纪⾼职英语Unit 1 Paradise Lost序号1课程名称：新世纪⾼职⾼专英语授课教师：Unit 1 Paradise Lost授课内容：1. Understand the Text：Paradise Lost2. Explain the key words and structures in the text.⽬的要求：1. Understand why Paradise Lost2. Master the key words and structures in the text 有关记录：板书设计：Paradise Lost→Paradise Lost:It was published in 1667 and tells the story of Satan’s (撒旦) rebellion against God and his expulsion from heaven and the subsequent temptation and expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.→Rainforest :Woodland is characterized by lush vegetation and heavy rainfall.→Christopher Columbus (1451-1506):He made a total of four trips to the Caribbean and South America during the years 1492-1504.→Amazon (River)The Amazon River is the largest river in the world. With its more than 1,000 tributaries, the Amazon River network encompasses almost half of South America.Lead in( 15 minutes)Ask the students to discuss in pairs the importance of forest and why Paradise Lost, and then ask some pairs to tell their opinions to the whole class.Q1: How did Columbus think of the rainforestA: He thought it was most beautiful and quite different from that in Europe, with flowers and fruits, and little birds singing sweetly.Q2. What is sp ecial about Columbus’ description of the rainforest A: His description was the first known written one about the rainforest.Q3. What are the oldest communities of living things on the Earth A: In the author’s view, the rainforests are the oldest.II. Teaching ( 65 minutes)1. Background Information ( 5 minutes)1) The masterpiece of the English poet John Milton (1608 - 1674) and one of the greatest poems in world literature. It was published in 1667 and tells the story of Satan’s (撒旦) rebellion against God and his expulsion from heaven and the subsequent temptation and expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.2) Woodland is characterized by lush vegetation and heavy rainfall. Rainforests are the world’s most biologically diverse ecosystems.A lthough they cover less than 10 percent of the Earth’s surface, tropical rainforests provide habitat for 50 to 90 percent of the world’s plant and animal species. Tropical rain- forests are called the “jewel of the Earth,” the “Earth’s lungs,” and the “world’s largest pharmacy” because of the large amount of natural medicines discovered there.The largest tropical rainforests exist in South America’s Amazon basin (the Amazon Rainforest), in the equatorial portions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in much of Indonesia. Temperate rainforests, dominated by only a few species of trees,are found along the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska through Washington state, in the former Yugoslavia, and in parts of Japan.3) Italian Spanish navigator who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, in an attempt to find a shorter route to India. He made a total of four trips to the Caribbean and South America during the years 1492-1504. He achieved fame by making landfall in the Americas, which he later called the “New World.” The arrival of his ships in the Western Hemisphere was one of the pivotal events in world history. It opened up a new world for Europeans and initiated the spread of Western civilization to a new hemisphere.2. Developing vocabulary (30 minutes)1）description n.a statement or a piece of writing that tells what sth. or sb. is like.I gave the police a description of the stolen jewellery..The beauty of the Rockies is beyond description.Extended words: describe v. descriptive adj.2) beat v.defeat (a competitor), or do or be better than (sb. or sth.). We played the top class at football but we couldn’t beat them.. The room wasn’t much, but it beat driving to a hotel 20 miles away.3)fragile a.easily damaged, broken, or harmed. Be careful with that vase —it’s very fragile.. I felt rather fragile (= weak) for a few days after the operation. Extended words: dominant adj.domination n.4) remaining a.still left or still existing. The United States has withdrawn the remaining staff from its embassy.. The three parties will meet next month to work out remaining differences.Extended words: remain v.5) clear v.remove or get rid of whatever is blocking or filling sth., or move people away from (a place). I’ll make the coffee if you’ll clear the table.. Paul helped his elderly neighbor by clearing her path of snow/clearing snow from her path..After the bomb threat, police cleared the area until it was searched.6) establish v.grow, or cause a plant to grow, successfully a new place. The new owners established an avenue of poplars.. Keep the area weeded to allow the seedlings to establish. Extended words: establishment v.7) varied a.having or showing many different types, or changing often. It is essential that your diet is varied and balanced..Before his election to the presidency, Mitterrand had enjoyed a long and varied career.Extended words: vary v.variation n. variety n. various adj.8) process n.a series of actions to achieve an aim; a series of changes that happen naturally. This decision may delay the process of European unification.. She arrived at the correct answer by a process of elimination.. Scientists wanted to find out how the process of aging could be slowed down.9) absorb v.take sth. in, especially gradually. The drug is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream.. In cold climates, houses need to have walls that will absorb heat.10) economic a.of or relating to economics. Here I provide a qualitative assessment of the current economic reforms.. The pace of economic growth is picking up.Extended word: economy n.11) renewable a.(of a form of energy, resource) able to be sustained or renewed indefinitely, either because of inexhaustible supplies or because of new growth; (of an official document) capable of being lengthened for an extra period of time. Plans to increase renewable energy sources such as wind and wave power are welcomed by environmental pressure groups.. An annually renewable contract is signed.12)sustainable a.causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time. A large international meeting was held with the aim of promoting sustainable development in all countries.. Try to buy wood that you know has come from a sustainable source.Extended word: sustain v. sustainability n.13) solution n.the answer to a problem.When you finish doing the crossword, the solution is on the back page.. She just seems so unhappy and I don’t know what the solution is. Extended word:solve v.3.Detail study of the text (30 minutes)Paragraph One1) Comprehension QuestionsQ:How did Columbus think of the rainforestA:He thought it was most beautiful and quite different from that in Europe, with flowers and fruits, and little birds singing sweetly.2) Main ideaColumbus’ first description of rainforests.Paragraph Two1) Comprehension QuestionsQ: What is special about Columbus’ description of the rainforest A:His description was the first known written one about the rainforest.2) Main ideaAlthough beautiful, rainforests are fragile.3) Difficult sentences“It remains hard to beat.”The written description of a rainforest in the New World has always been one of the best of its kind.Paragraph Three1) Comprehension QuestionsQ: What are the oldest communities of living things on the Earth A: In the author’s view, the rainforests are the oldest.2) Main ideaThe city of London was once covered by rainforests.Paragraph Four1) Comprehension QuestionsQ:What do you know about the rainforests in the world today A:The rainforests cover no more than seven percent of the earth’s surface today.2) Main ideaToday rainforests only exist in a small part of the world.3) Sentence structureno/not more than: used to emphasize how small a number or amount is.There are beautiful mountains not more than ten minutes’ drive away..Each box requires no more than a few hours of labor to build. Paragraph Five1) Comprehension QuestionsQ: What is “the secondary growth”A: “The secondary growth” refers to the new growth after the original growth has been destroyed.2) Main ideaThe effect of the clearing of rainforests.Paragraph Six1) Comprehension QuestionsQ: How does the modern world speed up the process of destructionA: Modern technology doubtlessly increases efficiency when people try to cut down trees.2) Main ideaModern technology speeds up the destruction.3) Sentence structurebe to blame: be responsible for sth. that happens.The driver was not to blame for the traffic accident..The policy is partly to blame for causing the worst unemployment in Europe.Paragraph 7:1) Comprehension QuestionsQ: Who is to blame for the destruction of rainforestsA: It is human beings that are to blame for such destruction.2) Main ideaHuman beings are the biggest cause of destruction.Paragraph 8:Q: How does the land become desert according to the passage A: When the trees are cut down, the soil washes away easily.2) Main ideaThe negative effect on land, climate, global temperature.3) Difficult sentences“The gas rises and traps the sun’s heat in much the same way as the glass of a greenhouse, leading to a slow but steady build-up of temperature.”The gas of carbon dioxide in the air absorbs the heat of the sun just as a glass greenhouse does in a sunny day, thus increasing the global temperature over the years.Paragraph 9:Q: What caused the problem mentioned in this passageA: The problem is mainly caused by the governments that have to pay their debts, the settlers who need money to feed their families, and the companies that want to make profits.2) Main ideaThe economic origin of the problem and the solution.3) Difficult sentences“On the other hand, by purchasing renewable rainforest products, and demanding sustainable harvesting of rainforest resources, we all can be part of the solution and it is human beings that will be saved.”On the other hand, if we buy recyclable wood products and insist on a type of inexhaustible rainforest resources for repeated uses, we are then already part of the solution to the problem of rainforests and we human beings will be saved.III. Exercise ( 10 minutes)Practice Ex. IIV. AssignmentsReview the text and the key words/phrasesFinish off Ex. II – Ex. VIPreview Grammar; Reading skills; Practical reading and writingV. Expand1. Read the article “Why I Came to College” (Book: Human Nature )2. Online learningUnit 1 Paradise Lost序号 2课程名称：新世纪⾼职⾼专英语授课教师：授课内容：1. Grammar: Attributive Clause2. Reading skills: Understanding Paragraphs: How to Identify the Topic3. Practical Reading: Reading the Environmental Diagrams4. Practical Writing: Agenda⽬的要求：1. Master the use of Attributive Clause2. Master the reading skill:Understanding Paragraphs: How to Identify the Topic3. Learn how to read the Environmental Diagrams4. Learn how to write an Agenda有关记录：板书设计：Unit 1 Paradise LostGrammar –Attributive ClauseReview the text (15 minutes)Check the assignmentsSummarize the textOnce the most beautiful and oldest communities of living things on the earth, the rainforests are now being destroyed. The cause of the destruction lies in man’s craziness for land and money. To make things worse, modern technology available to man has sped up the horrible process of destruction. The shrinkage of rainforests has disastrously led to the shortage of water sources and the warming-up of the globe. Nevertheless, there is still hope for a solution to this problem if human beings take some preventive measures.II. Grammar Tips –Article(15 minutes)1．Note:1）在限制性定语从句中，当关系代词在从句中作宾语时，在绝⼤多数情况下都可以省略。
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: Adam and Eve,and involves God and his eternal adversary,Satan in its plot.
The story
The poem opens with Satan and the other rebel angels have been defeated by God and banished to Hell. Satan stoically withstands（坚忍地反抗）all agonies and passionately strives for victory.
这个地方，就是正义之神为那些叛逆者准备的， 在天外的冥荒中为他们设置的牢狱， 那个地方离开天神和天界的亮光， 相当于天极到中心的三倍那么远。 啊，这里和他所从坠落的地方比起来是何等的不同呀！[ 25 ] 和他一起坠落的伙伴们掩没在猛火的洪流和旋风之中， 他辨认得了，在他近旁挣扎的， 论权力和罪行都仅次于他的神魔， 后来在巴勒斯坦知道他的名字叫别西卜。 这个在天上叫做撒旦的首要神敌，[ 30 ] 用豪言壮语打破可怕的沉寂， 开始向他的伙伴这样说道： 是你啊；这是何等的坠落！ 何等的变化呀！ 你原来住在光明的乐土，全身披覆着无比的光辉，[ 35 ] 胜过群星的灿烂， 你曾和我结成同盟，同心同气， 同一希望，在光荣的大事业中和我在一起。 现在，我们是从何等高的高天上， 沉沦到了何等深的深渊呀！[ 40 ]
1ParadiseLost-JohnMilton-失乐园
《失乐园》节选Nine times the space that measures day and night依照人间的计算，大约九天九夜，To mortal(凡人的) men, he with his horrid(可怕的,恐怖的)crew 他和他那一伙可怕的徒众Lay vanquished(征服,击败), rolling in the fiery(火的) gulf (深渊,深坑)沉沦辗转在烈火的深渊中Confounded(狼狈的) though immortal: But his doom(厄运,毁灭) 虽属不死之身，却象死者一样横陈；Reserved him to more wrath(愤怒,狂怒); for now the thought但这个刑罚反激起他更大的忿怒，Both of lost happiness and lasting pain既失去了幸福，又受无尽痛苦的煎熬。
Torments(折磨) him; round he throws his baleful(哀伤的) eyes他抬起忧虑的双眼，环视周遭，That witnessed huge affliction(苦恼, 折磨) and dismay摆在眼前的是莫大的隐忧和烦恼，Mixed with obdurate(顽固的) pride and steadfast(不变的) hate: 顽固的傲气和难消的憎恨交织着。
At once as far as angels ken(看到) he views霎时间，他竭尽天使的目力，望断The dismal(凄凉的) situation waste and wild,际涯，但见被风弥漫，浩渺无限，A dungeon(地牢) horrible, on all sides round四面八方围着他的是个可怕的地牢，As one great furnace(火炉,熔炉) flamed, yet from those flames象一个洪炉的烈火四射，但那火焰No light, but rather darkness visible却不发光，只是灰蒙蒙的一片，Served only to discover sights of woe(悲哀;悲痛)可以辨认出那儿的苦难景况，Regions of sorrow, doleful(令人伤心的)shades, where peace悲惨的境地和凄怆的暗影。
《失乐园》,Paradise Lost
Translation
Satan
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Unit 6 Paradise Lost
• John Milton • Summary •Translation
• Satanຫໍສະໝຸດ John Milton (1608-1674) Born in London december 9 into a middle-class family. Educated at St.paul school,then at Cambridge. After university, spent 6 years studying for poet. In May of 1638, Milton began a 13month tour of France and Italy. In 1642, Milton returned from a trip into the countryside with a 16-year-old bride, Mary Powell.
In 1667, completing the paradise lost 1674, died shortly in Buckinghamshire, England.
summary
Milton invokes his Muse to inspire his tale to "justify the ways of God to men". Satan has been cast down into an abyss within Chaos, a place of utter
the fallen angel next in eminence, Beelzebub
He next awakens the millions of fallen angels and speaks encouragingly and seemingly courageously, conveying hope to them.The angels include various types,namelySeraphims,Cherubims,Thrones,Archange ls and Angels.Major fallen angel Chemos Astoreth Thamuz,Dagon,Rimmon,Osiris,Isis,Orus,Belial,Azazel, and ter introduced are Andramalec,Ariel , Arioc,Asmadai/Asmadeus,Nizroch,Ramiel.They build a palace of Satan,Pandemonium,where the principal leaders begin a great conclave.
Paradise Lost
Author: Milton Paradise Lost First volume: Satan calling in the army in hell for revenge Second volume: Satan decided to reconnoiter（侦察） human paradise Third volume: the son of God atone for human sin; Satan to fly into Paradise Fourth volume: Satan into the park, was arrested Fifth volume: enemy Satan antecedents Sixth volume: the three day war in the heaven
garden of Eden. The poem reflects the poet's lofty spirit in pursuit of freedom, is a history of literature history, the world very important works.
"Paradise Lost" is not a simple work, from the story, there are two clues, one is the attempt that Satan against God, lost heaven paradise; the second is Adam, Eve tasted of the apple, lost paradise. On the theme of the work, there is a lot of debate has been the western scholars, can be roughly divided into three groups. One is “Satan”, that Satan is the protagonist, think he is the symbol of the dauntless spirit of revolutionary, therefore this is a political poetry. The second group is the “orthodox” （正统的）, tend to explain from the religious point of view, that God is fair, Satan is evil.
Paradise_Lost_失乐园（中英对照版）
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Paradise Lost
Meter and Rhyme
• Meter
– Iambic Pentameter （五音步抑扬格）
• Rhyme Scheme
– Unrhymed （不压韵） – having no regular correspondence of sounds at the ends of lines
Blank Verse （无韵诗）
Why did Milton rewrite this wellknown story? He is ―justifying the ways of God to man.‖
On the one hand . . .
But on the other hand . . .
God takes There are loving care many bad things in of His creation. the world.
Paradise Lost
1). Overview of Paradise Lost
• Milton’s masterpiece • An epic in 12 books. • taken from the Old Testament. • Major characters: Satan, God, Beelzebub, Archangel, the Son, Adam, Eve… • It is about Satan’s rebellion against God and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
God had given Adam and Eve the freedom to choose between good and evil, and the strength to resist evil, but They chose evil, and their offspring—all of us—have suffered the effects of their choice ever since.
paradise lost 弥尔顿失乐园
his writing career
• His works can be divined into three catagaries. the first stage:mainly lyric poems including the second stage:on his return to London,Milton opposed the monarchic party and gave all his energies to the writing of pamphlets dedicated to the people's liberties .His princinal pamphlets are: Areopagitica or Speech for the Liberty
Milton's life style
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• Milton was born in a prosperous family on a December day in 1608. • His father made a business of preparing law papers and he was a ton's father taught him music and had a private teacher for him,and when scarcely more than
L'Allegro;Il Penseroso;Lycidas;Comus.
of Unlicensed Printing(1614),Eikonoklastes(1649),Defens e for the English People(1650). three great poems including Paradise
Paradise lost
Homelessness in HawaiiParadise lostCatering to tourists comes at a hefty price for localsTHE sun is setting on Waikiki Beach, and Koa still has a few hours before his 9pm shift cleaning the food court at the Ala Moana mall. “I’m trying to better myself,” he says, but being homeless makes this tough. He finishes work at 3am, well past curfew at most shelters, and police keep people off the beach from 2am to 5am.Hawaii has one of the worst rates of homelessness in the country. Though its jobless rate is below 5%, pricey housing keeps even many workers on the streets. The median monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Honolulu is more than $1,800—one of the highest in America.On the island of Oahu, where three-quarters of Hawaii’s homeless live, sleeping rough has just got rougher. On December 2nd Honolulu’s mayor, Kirk Caldwell, signed a bill that bans people from sitting or lying on the busiest public pavements between 5am and 11pm. Those who do so can be fined up to $1,000 and jailed for up to 30 days. This is part of a plan that Mr Caldwell calls “compassionate disruption”. The aim, he say s, is to get the homeless into shelters. Businesses in Waikiki, the centre of Hawaii’s $14.5 billion tourism industry, support the policy.Similar crackdowns can be seen around the country, even as the stock of affordable housing—defined as costing no more than 30% of a family’s income—declines. (Nearly 13% has been lost since 2001.) Laws banning camping, sleeping in cars, begging and loitering in public spaces are increasingly common, according to the National Law Centre on Homelessness & Poverty. In the past two years, more than 20 cities have made it illegal to feed homeless people in public.Such laws are counterproductive, says Jerry Jones, the director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group. Otherwiselaw-abiding people end up with criminal records, making it harder for them to get back on their feet. A night in jail can cost three times more than a night in a shelter. Honolulu’s ban on rough sleeping has made the homeless more transient and harder for social-service agencies to find. Many are sleeping at the airport, ensuring that they are the first thing visitors see.Several cities have reduced homelessness by using a different approach, called Housing First. Whereas typical schemes aim to get homeless people “housing ready”—that is, off drugs and in work—before placing them in homes, Housing First provides the home up front and then delivers the support needed to stay there. This saves money, says Matthew Doherty of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, as thehomeless otherwise tend to ricochet between expensive services, such as jails, emergency rooms and detox centres. A study from Los Angeles found that the public saves over $27,000 a year for every person in such a programme.Even in Hawaii, officials are taking steps towards a Housing First plan. In Honolulu, Mr Caldwell has promised $3m to house 100 of the city’s homeless and another $43m for more housing. But the city has offered few details, and the new homes will not be ready for years. In the meantime, there is talk of sending the homeless to an encampment on nearby Sand Island—far from the tourists of Waikiki.。
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Satan’s rebel hero image inparadise lostIn the "Bible", the meaning of Satan is “to obstruct, oppose," meaning that obstruct the will of the Lord God, and he is also God's enemy. It is variation of angle and b brought mankind disaster. The symbol of Satan is dragon.And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great cha in in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, an d bound him a thousand years,In Paradise Lost, Satan was originally a large archangel beside the god, because of his di ssatisfaction with the Son of God took the throne and has a higher status than him. Out of jealousy, he chose human as his weapon to revenge God, Satan in the guise of a serpe nt tempts Eve to pick the forbidden apple from the Tree of Life. Success lure mankind lost th e Garden of Eden this piece of paradise. In addition to the simple desire catalyst, Milton creating more circumstances which made catalysts work. God's attitude, the Son of god’s s atisfaction, Satan's struggle, Satan's provocative speech, Satan's trick ...... present a more th ree-dimensional process of an angel’s falling, more importantly, Milton make such a fallen angel with many mortal emotions of human beings.First of all, Satan in Milton ’s book is considered to be a hero, there is no doubt that he represents Milton ’s revolutionary ideas. He dared to fight against the highest authority and this kind of spirit show us his heroic. to fight for peace and freedom, to overthrow the dictatorship of God, he led the rebel angels to fight against with God. In the poem is Sat an who first suspects the absolute commands which are nonsense but people must blind ob ey that. So he led his troops to resist, and set wars with the God.In the first round, he failed; he did not throw in the towel and lose his spirit. He is far-s ighted and premeditated, he creates the salvo, the heaven armies are unprepared to cope wit h it in the clash, even God in heaven, also predicted that they may lose hill. After being dropped to hell, Satan knew it clearly that God is more powerful than him, but he did n ot want to lose the leadership. He got one idea that he will destroy God's plan, seeking a n indirect retaliationBut he was advocating freedom; he solicited the views of others in the hell Parliament. He struggled to find human ancestor in the Garden of Eden. He also promoted the theme of the poem. Satan thought: God and the angels were equal in the wisdom, what is the on ly difference between them is strength. God created all things was not out of kindness an d love, but for his selfish purpose —— obtain permanent sincerity and yield from everythi ng he created. Satan also believed: God is heaven tyrant, "should not hold infinite authorit y to the public ”,Satan hated the kind of slavery.“knowledge forbidden?Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their lordEnvy them that? Can do they only standBig ignorance, is that their happy state,The proof of their obedience and their faith?... ”In Satan opinion, the reason that God forbid men and angels to acquire knowledge is to make mankind stay in ignorance forever, making them infinitely worship him. Moreover, t he glamorous words that Satan tempted Eve eating the forbidden fruit sounding rhetoric are a declaration of opposition to i gnorance. Satan praise the wisdom tree which can make people distinguish good and evil!We also can see Satan's heroism that: at stake, he always be fearless and step forward. F or example: When the rebel leaders decided to send someone out of hell through the chao tic border to detect the actual situation of the New World, all of the rebel angels hesitate d, glanced questioningly at one another, because it will took big risk. Satan stand up with out hesitation.Satan was a hero, with courage, leadership and statesmanship. When Satan said to his frig htened companions in a powerful voice to wake them up, he reveals his heroic leader styl e. Satan is a hero, not only because he dared to resist and had the courage to pursue fre edom, but also because he show us his indomitable spirit and optimism. At the beginning of the poem, Satan lay in Fire Lake of hell and endured the torment of fire and destruct ion of suffering, but he did not l ose his heart, his indomitable spirit will not be destroy. I n the famous poem, Satan expressed his feelings in this section:“ what thought the filed be lost?All is not lost; the unconquerable will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield,And what is else not to be overcome;That glory never shall his wrath or mightExtort from me. ”From these verses we can see that Satan's spirit of optimism and determined attitude. Alth ough Satan finally failed, mentally he is a real winner.参考文献：（英） Müller U.B., Die Offenbarung des Johannes （约翰的启示录）, G üttersloh 1995（英） John Milton ， Paradise lost [M] London 1667。
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John Medina
Edward Burney
John Martin
The Simarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien‟s The Simarillion is the history of the elves in his Lord of the Rings trilogy. He opens with his version of Genesis, where Iluvatar creates Middle-Earth through song, and his instruments, the Ainur.
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PARADISE LOST ~ MILTON'S SUMMARY In 1667 John Milton bestowed (some overtaxedstudents might say 'inflicted') his greatmasterpiece, Paradise Lost, upon the world. In1674 the revised second edition was published,where he divided the original ten books intotwelve and added the following introductorysummaries or "Arguments" for each book at therequest of confused early readers.BOOK IThis first book proposes, first in brief, thewhole subject: man's disobedience and the lossthereupon of Paradise wherein he was placed;then touches the prime cause of his fall, theserpent, or rather Satan in the serpent, who,revolting from God and drawing to his side manylegions of angels, was by the command of Goddriven out of heaven with all his crew into thegreat deep. Which action past over, the poemhasts into the midst of things, presenting Satanwith his angels now fallen into hell--describedhere, not in the center (for heaven and earth maybe supposed as yet not made, certainly not yetaccursed) but in a place of utter darkness,fitliest called chaos. Here Satan with hisangels lying on the burning Lake, thunder-struckand astonished, after a certain space recovers,as from confusion; calls up him who, next inorder and dignity, lay by him; they confer ofthir miserable fall. Satan awakens all hislegions, who lay till then in the same mannerconfounded. They rise; their numbers, array ofbattle, their chief leaders named, according tothe idols known afterwards in Canaan and thecountries adjoining. To these Satan directs hisspeech, comforts them with hope yet of regainingheaven, but tells them lastly of a new world andnew kind of creature to be created, according toan ancient prophesy or report in heaven; for thatangels were long before this visible creation,was the opinion of many ancient fathers. To findout the truth of this prophesy, and what to determine thereon, he refers to a full council; what his associates thence attempt. Pandemonium, the palace of Satan, rises, suddenly built out of the deep; the infernal peers there sit in counsil.BOOK IIThe consultation begun, Satan debates whether another battle is to be hazarded for the recovery of heaven; some advise it, others dissuade. A third proposal is preferred, mentioned before by Satan, to search the truth of that prophesy or tradition in heaven concerning another world, and another kind of creature, equal or not much inferior to themselves, about this time to be created. Their doubt who shall be sent on this difficult search; Satan, their chief, undertakes alone the voyage; is honored and applauded. The council thus ended, the rest betake them several wayes and to several employments, as their inclinations lead them, to entertain the time till Satan return. He passes on his journey to hell gates, finds them shut, and who sat there to guard them 1 ; by whom at length they are opened, and discover to him the great gulf between hell and heaven; with what difficulty he passes through, directed by chaos, the power of that place, to the sight of this new world which he sought.BOOK IIIGod, sitting on his throne, sees Satan flying towards this world, then newly created; shows him to the Son, who sat at his right hand; foretells the success of Satan in perverting mankind; clears his own justice and wisdom from all imputation, having created man free and able enough to have withstood his tempter; yet declares his purpose of grace towards him, in regard he fell not of his own malice, as did Satan, but by him seduced. The Son of God renders praises to his Father for the manifestation ofhis gracious purpose towards man; but God again declares, that grace cannot be extended towards man without the satisfaction of divine justice; man hath offended the majesty of God by aspiring to godhead, and therefore with all his progeny devoted to death must die, unless someone can be found sufficient to answer for his offence and undergo his punishment. The Son of God freely offers himself a ransom for man; the Father accepts him, ordains his incarnation, pronounces his exaltation above all names in heaven and earth; commands all the angels to adore him; they obey, and hymning to their harps in full choir, celebrate the Father and the Son. Meanwhile Satan alights upon the bare convex of this world's outermost orb, where wandering, he first finds a place since called the Limbo of Vanity; what persons and things fly up thither; thence comes to the gate of heaven, described ascending by stairs, and the waters above the firmament that flow about it. His passage thence to the orb of the sun, he finds there Uriel the regent of that orb, but first changes himself into the shape of a meaner angel, and pretending a zealous desire to behold the new creation and man whom God had placed here, inquires of him the place of his habitation, and is directed; alights first on Mount Niphates.BOOK IVSatan now in prospect of Eden, and nigh the place where he must now attempt the bold enterprise which he undertook alone against God and man, falls into many doubts with himself, and many passions, fear, envy, and despair; but at length confirms himself in evil, journeys on to Paradise, whose outward prospect and situation is described, overleaps the bounds, sits in the shape of a cormormant on the Tree of Life, as highest in the garden, to look about him. The garden described; Satan's first sight of Adam and Eve; his wonder at their excellent form and happy state, but with resolution to work theirfall; overhears their discourse, thence gathers that the Tree of Knowledge was forbidden them to eat of under penalty of death; and thereon intends to found his temptation by seducing them to transgress; then leaves them a while, to know further of their state by some other means. Meanwhile Uriel, descending on a sunbeam, warns Gabriel, who had in charge the gate of Paradise, that some evil spirit had escaped the deep and passed at noon by his sphere in the shape of a good angel, down to Paradise, discovered after by his furious gestures in the mount. Gabriel promises to find him out ere morning. Night coming on, Adam and Eve discourse of going to thir rest; their bower described; their evening worship. Gabriel drawing forth his bands of night-watch to walk the round of Paradise, appoints two strong angels to Adam's bower, lest the evil spirit should be there doing some harm to Adam or Eve sleeping. There they find him at the ear of Eve, tempting her in a dream, and bring him, though unwilling, to Gabriel; by whom questioned, he scornfully answers, prepares resistance, but hindered by a sign from Heaven, flies out of Paradise.BOOK VMorning approached, Eve relates to Adam her troublesome dream. He likes it not, yet comforts her. They come forth to their day labors; their morning hymn at the door of their bower. God, to render man inexcusable, sends Raphael to admonish him of his obedience, of his free estate, of his enemy near at hand--who he is, and why his enemy, and whatever else may avail Adam to know. Raphael comes down to Paradise; his appearance described; his coming discerned by Adam afar off, sitting at the door of his bower. He goes out to meet him, brings him to his lodge, entertains him with the choicest fruits of Paradise got together by Eve; their discourse at table. Raphael performs his message, minds Adam of his state and of his enemy; relates, at Adam'srequest, who that enemy is, and how he came to be so, beginning from his first revolt in heaven, and the occasion thereof; how he drew his legions after him to the parts of the north, and there incited them to rebel with him, persuading all but only Abdiel, a seraph, who in argument dissuades and opposes him, then forsakes him.BOOK VIRaphael continues to relate how Michael and Gabriel were sent forth to battle against Satan and his angels. The first fight described; Satan and his powers retire under night. He calls a council; invents devilish engines, which, in the second day's fight, put Michael and his angels to some disorder; but they at length, pulling up mountains, overwhelmed both the force and machines of Satan. Yet, the tumult not so ending, God on the third day sends Messiah, his Son, for whom he had reserved the glory of that victory. He, in the power of his father, coming to the place and causing all his legions to stand still on either side, with his chariot and thunder driving into the midst of his enemies, pursues them, unable to resist, towards the wall of heaven; which opening, they leap down with horror and confusion into the place of punishment prepared for them in the deep. Messiah returns with triumph to his Father.BOOK VIIRaphael, at the request of Adam, relates how and wherefore this world was first created: that God, after the expelling of Satan and his angels out of heaven, declared his pleasure to create another world, and other creatures to dwell therein; sends his Son with glory and attendance of angels to perform the work of creation in six days; the angels celebrate with hymns the performance thereof, and his reascention into heaven.BOOK VIIIAdam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge. Adam assents, and still desirous to detain Raphael, relates to him what he remembered since his own creation: his placing in Paradise, his talk with God concerning solitude and fit society, his first meeting and nuptials with Eve; his discourse with the angel thereupon, who, after admonitions repeated, departs.BOOK IXSatan, having compassed the earth, with meditated guile returns as a mist by night into Paradise; enters into the serpent sleeping. Adam and Eve in the morning go forth to their labors, which Eve proposes to divide in several places, each laboring apart. Adam consents not, alleging the danger lest that enemy of whom they were forewarned should attempt her found alone; Eve, loath to be thought not circumspect or firm enough, urges her going apart, the rather desirous to make trial of her strength; Adam at last yields. The serpent finds her alone; his subtle approach, first gazing, then speaking, with much flattery extolling Eve above all other creatures. Eve, wondering to hear the serpent speak, asks how he attained to human speech and such understanding, not till now. The serpent answers that by tasting of a certain tree in the garden he attained both to speech and reason, till then void of both. Eve requires him to bring her to that tree, and finds it to be the Tree of Knowledge forbidden. The Serpent, now grown bolder, with many wiles and arguments induces her at length to eat. She, pleased with the taste, deliberates a while whether to impart thereof to Adam or not; at last brings him of the fruit; relates what persuaded her to eat thereof. Adam, at first amazed, but perceiving her lost, resolves through vehemence of love to perish with her, and, extenuating the trespass, eats also of the fruit. The effects thereof in themboth; they seek to cover thir nakedness; then fall to variance and accusation of one another.BOOK XMan's transgression known, the guardian angels forsake Paradise and return up to heaven to approve their vigilance, and are approved, God declaring that the entrance of Satan could not be by them prevented. He sends his Son to judge the transgressors, who descends and gives sentence accordingly; then in pity clothes them both, and reascends. Sin and Death sitting till then at the gates of hell, by wondrous sympathy feeling the success of Satan in this new world, and the sin by man there committed, resolve to sit no longer confined in hell, but to follow Satan, their Sire, up to the place of man. To make the way easier from hell to this world to and fro, they pave a broad highway or bridge over chaos, according to the track that Satan first made; then preparing for earth, they meet him, proud of his success returning to hell; their mutual gratulation. Satan arrives at Pandemonium; in full assembly relates, with boasting, his success against man; instead of applause, is entertained with a general hiss by all his audience, transformed, with himself also, suddenly into serpents, according to his doom given in Paradise. Then, deluded with a show of the forbidden tree springing up before them, they, greedily reaching to take of the fruit, chew dust and bitter ashes. The proceedings of Sin and Death; God foretells the final victory of his Son over them, and the renewing of all things; but for the present commands his angels to make several alterations in the heavens and elements. Adam, more and more perceiving his fallen condition, heavily bewails, rejects the condolement of Eve; she persists, and at length appeases him; then to evade the curse likely to fall on their offspring, proposes to Adam violent ways, which he approves not, but, conceiving better hope, puts her in mind of thelate promise made them, that her seed should be revenged on the serpent, and exhorts her with him to seek peace of the offended deity, by repentance and supplication.BOOK XIThe Son of God presents to his Father the prayers of our first parents now repenting, and intercedes for them. God accepts them, but declares that they must no longer abide in Paradise; sends Michael with a band of cherubim to dispossess them, but first to reveal to Adam future things; Michael's coming down. Adam shows to Eve certain ominous signs; he discerns Michael's approach; goes out to meet him; the angel denounces their departure; Eve's lamentation. Adam pleads, but submits; the angel leads him up a high hill; sets before him in vision what shall happen till the flood.BOOK XIIThe angel Michael continues from the flood to relate what shall succeed; then, in the mention of Abraham, comes by degrees to explain who that seed of the woman shall be which was promised Adam and Eve in the fall; his incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension; the state of the church till his second coming. Adam, greatly satisfied and recomforted by these relations and promises, descends the hill with Michael; wakens Eve, who all this while had slept, but with gentle dreams composed to quietness of mind and submission. Michael in either hand leads them out of Paradise, the fiery sword waving behind them, and the cherubim taking their stations to guard the place.1Editor's note--here's what Milton tastefullyleft out of his summary:Satan finds two creatures guarding the gate ofhell. One is a beautiful woman above the waist,her bottom half that of a snake. The other is adark formless shape, who threatens Satan. Thewoman prevents their fight, and reminds Satan that she is his daughter, called Sin, who sprung from his head when he first conceived his rebellion in heaven. They had made love, the result being this dark son/grandson, named Death, that sits beside her. His violent birth deformed her lower part into its present shape. The monstrous newborn's first act had been to rape his mother, who became pregnant with a pack of hell hounds, which perpetually return to her womb to gnaw at her insides.。
Paradise Lost 英国文学史 paraphrase
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Paradise Lost: A Selection from Book 1OF Mans First Disobedience, and the FruitOf that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tastBrought Death into the World, and all our woe,1With loss of Eden, till one greater Man2Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, [ 5 ]Tell me about man’s first sin, when he tasted the forbidden fruit, caused all our sorrow and troubles, and lost the paradise until Jesus came and saved us and regain the happy paradise.Sing Heav'nly Muse3,that on the secret topOf Oreb4, or of Sinai, didst inspireThat Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed5,In the Beginning6 how the Heav'ns and EarthRose out of Chaos7: Or if Sion8 Hill [ 10 ]The Muse on the heaven inspired Moses the shepherd and the people of Israel in his teachings about how the universe is created out of chaos in the beginning.Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow'dFast by the Oracle of God; I thenceInvoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,1That with no middle flight intends to soarAbove th' Aonian Mount2, while it pursues [ 15 ]Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime3.Or if Sion Hill makes you happier and the brook of Siola flows fast beside the temple of God, I will summon your help to my brave epic from there. The song would fly high above the Aonian Mount while it describes sth that never be attempted in other poems.And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost preferBefore all Temples th' upright heart and pure,Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the firstWast present, and with mighty wings outspread [ 20 ]Dove-like4 satst brooding on the vast Abyss5Muse, you prefer the mind of integrity and purity rather than any temple and chiefly instruct me because you always know everything from the very beginning of this world, just like the doves spreading out powerful wings and brooding on the chaos and made the vast Abyss.And mad'st it pregnant6: What in me is darkIllumin, what is low raise and support;That to the highth of this great ArgumentI may assert Eternal Providence, [ 25 ]And justifie the wayes of God to men.You illuminate what is dark in me. You raise and support what is low in me to this high argument. I will confirm/support the god’s everlasting will and tell the god’s treatment to men is justified.Say first7, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy viewNor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what causeMov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State,Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall off [ 30 ]From thir Creator, and transgress his WillFor one restraint8, Lords of the World9 besides?Muse, you know everything about Heaven and Hell. So tell me, what was it that made Adam and Eve who are loved deeply by God in Eden, change their minds and betray their God, disobeying his will. They were left aside by God just because they ate the apple and went against the injunction?Who first seduc'd them to that foul revolt?Who first seduced them to the sinful betrayal to God?Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guileStird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd [ 35 ]It was the hellish snake whose deceit was aroused by enemy and revenge.The Mother of Mankind, what time his PrideHad cast him out from Heav'n, with all his HostOf Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiringTo set himself in Glory above his Peers,He deceived Eve with all his Rebel Angels when his pride made him expelled from Heaven. The Rebel Angles aided to set the snake in control of other fellow angels.He trusted to have equal'd the most High, [ 40 ]If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aimAgainst the Throne and Monarchy of GodHe believed he is as powerful as God and he was ambitious to claim war against the rule of God.Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proudWith vain attempt. Him the Almighty PowerHe raised the disrespectful war and battle with pride in Heaven but in vain.Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal SkieHe was thrown from the high sky with his head down towards the earth and all the body flaming by the god.With hideous ruine and combustion downTo bottomless perdition, there to dwellIn Adamantine1 Chains and penal Fire,Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.He was burning and falling down to infinite damage and frightful ruin. There were unbreakable chains and fire for punishing who dares to defy the God.Nine times the Space2 that measures Day and Night [ 50 ]To mortal men, he with his horrid crewLay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery GulfeConfounded3 though immortal: But his doom4To ordinary people, the punishment lasts for nine days and nights. He and his evil followers lay defeated and rolling in the chaos and abyss like fire. Although he was immortal, he was utterly defeated and ruined.Reserv'd5 him to more wrath; for now the thoughtBoth of lost happiness6 and lasting pain7 [ 55 ]Torments him; round he throws his baleful8 eyesBut the destined sufferings put him in extreme anger. Satan’s happy life in heaven now lost forever and the pain in hell which Satan must suffer last forever and tortures him; then he looks around with his evil and suffering eyes.That witness'd huge affliction and dismayMixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:He saw a lot of suffering and dismay and only felt stubborn pride and hatefulness.At once9 as far as Angels kenn10 he viewsThe dismal Situation waste and wilde, [ 60 ]A Dungeon horrible, on all sides roundAs one great Furnace flam'd, yet from those flamesRight at that moment as far as he could see like angels, the miserable wild and wasteful situation and horrible dungeon are surrounded by burning furnace.No light, but rather darkness visibleServ'd onely to discover sights of woe,Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace [ 65 ]And rest can never dwell, hope never comesThat comes to all11; but torture without endBut there’s no light from those frames, so he can only see darkness which only served to make you discover how sorrowful/ pitiful you are and that the hell consists of sorrow and gloomy shadows where peace never lives in this place. The darkness makes you discover that hope that comes to all never comes to the fallen angels.Still urges12, and a fiery Deluge, fedWith ever-burning Sulphur unconsum'd:13However, endless torture presses on forever and the blood of fire comes provided with Sulphur burning forever.Such place Eternal Justice had prepar'd14 [ 70 ]For those rebellious, here thir15 Prison ordain'dIn utter darkness, and thir portion setEternal Justice (God) had prepared such place (the Hell) for those rebellious angels. The fallen angels’ prison is destined in complete darkness.As far remov'd from God and light of Heav'nAs from the Center16 thrice to th' utmost Pole.1Their position was set far away from God and the light of Heaven which is two times further than the distance from Earth to Heaven.O how unlike the place from whence they fell! [ 75 ]How different the place (the Hell) is from where they fell!There the companions of his fall, o'rewhelm'dWith Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire,He was trapped in the surroundings of the bloods and whirlwinds and great fire with the accompany of his fellows.He soon discerns, and weltring by his sideOne next himself in power, and next in crime,He is easy to recognize the devils struggling by his side is the one whose power and crime was just a bit less than his.Long after known in Palestine, and nam'd [ 80 ]Beelzebub2. To whom th' Arch-Enemy3,The devil is known as Beelzebub in Palestine for a long time, who is the main enemy of Satan in Heaven.And thence in Heav'n call'd Satan4, with bold wordsBreaking the horrid silence thus began.He was called Satan in Heaven and he broke the silence with ambitious words and begun to say.。
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Paradise Lost (published 1667) is an epic poem in 12 books of blank verse by John Milton describing the Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. The protagonist of this Protestant epic, is the fallen angel, Satan. Milton presents Satan almost sympathetically, as an ambitious and prideful being who defies his creator, omnipotent God, and wages war on heaven, only to be defeated and cast down.
The main idea of Milton ‘s Paradise Lost
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poem thus introduces its readers first to Satan,
the cause of the fall of humankind, At the
moment following his own first fall into Hell,
Satan is the first to rise and awaken his legions,
giving them an inspiring speech and
encouraging them to action.
• Satan and Beelzebub gather their strength and fly off the fiery lake to firmer, though still fiery ground. They see their army lying confused and vanquished in the fiery lake. Satan gathers his closest twelve around him. He has heard a new kind of creation that God intends on making, called man. They will continue the war against heaven, but the battlefield will be within the world of mankind. So all the millions of rebel angels then gather in the temple for a great meeting, Shrinking themselves and become dwarves in order to fit it.
demonic host listed • Satan's speech to the legions (about the
creation of man) • The building of Pandemonium群魔店
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• In biblical and mythical Satan chained on the burning lake in hell texts, as well as in popular culture, Satan is consistently portrayed as an evil and antagonistic figure in Paradise Lost who attempts to undermine the true hero of the story. Is Satan a heroic figure in Paradise Lost?
The theme of Paradise Lost
• The poem, as we are told at the outset, was to “justify the ways of God to man," to advocate submission to the almighty. But after reading it one gets the impression the main idea of the poem is a revolt against God’s authority.
BOOK 1
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Book I introduces the main subject matter of
the poem: the creation, fall, and redemption of
the world and humankind. After Heaven and the fall of the rebel angels. The
The content of Paradise Lost
• Paradise Lost, one of the greatest poems in the English language, was first published in 1667. Paradise Lost is Milton’s masterpiece. it is a long epic in 12 books, written in blank verse. The story was taken from the Old Testament: the creation of the earth and Adam and Eve, the fallen angels in hell plotting against God, Satan's temptation of Eve, and the departure of Adam and Eve from Eden.
• Satan, whose name means "enemy" or "adversary" in Hebrew, is the first character that is introduced to the reader. The leader of the fallen angels, Satan was known as "Lucifer" before he initiated a rebellion against God and was cast out of Heaven. At the same time, Milton introduces a God in Paradise Lost who is wrathful and distanced, which makes Satan even more appealing and heroic, it should be noted that Milton’s God is not a friendly God.
• Book 1 breaks down naturally into six sections: • Invocation and introduction of poem's theme • An account of Satan's revolt and expulsion from
Heaven • Dialogue between Satan and Beelzebub • The other devils' rallying around Satan - the