Lecture 5 (17世纪英国文学).pptVIP

Milton makes uses of various images of the cosmos in Paradise Lost；1. The earth is the center of the Ptolemaic cosmos of ten spheres; 2. The earth and the whole cosmos are appendage from Heaven by a golden chain. 3. Here, the fall from heaven to Hell is thrice as far as the distance from the center earth to the utmostsohere. 他那勇敢的同伙立即回答道： “大王！各路军队座次以你为首， 率领身经百战的撒拉弗进击， chief of many throned powers 128 : referring to Satan. “many throned powers” refers to Satan’s followers in general “throned” suggests their dignity . embattled 129 : drawn up in battle array. seraphim 129 : plural form for “seraph,” one of an order of fiery six-winged angels who guard God’s throne. 9级天使的划分 According to tradition, there were 9 orders of angels, arranged hierarchically --- seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels, and angels. The poem makes use of some of these titles, but does not keep this hierarchy. conduct 130 : command. Heaven’s perpetual King 131 : referring to God. Be?lzebub uses “perpetual” instead of “eternal,” which is commonly used by Christians. 听从你指挥，在可怖的殊死搏斗中， 大无畏，威胁到永恒天帝的安全， 试一试他是否具有至高的权威， 无论他凭的是力量、机遇或天数！ put to proof 132 : put to test. 我目击并痛惜这次可悲的事件， 它以凄凉的覆灭和可耻的失败 使我们失去天堂，所有的强手 沦于可怖的毁灭，处境卑下， rue the dire event 134 : feel sorry for the dreadful defeat. Hath lost us Heaven 136 : has made us lose heaven. 若是留下了我们的精气和实力， 为的正是使我们能承受痛苦， 以便满足他发泄报复的怒火， 或者做奴隶为他服更大的苦役， 凭战胜者权利叫我们什么都干， ire 148 : anger. mightier service 149 : by doing his business than by merely suffering. thralls 149 : slaves. whate’er his business be 150 : whatever missions he should assign us to do. 在这里，地域的中央，裹着火劳作， 或在这幽冥听他的差遣，是吗？ 尽管我们感觉到体力不消减， 或生命常在，但却是为了能承受 永恒的苦刑，这样有什么好处？ the gloomy deep 152 : the dark Chaos. or eternal being / To undergo eternal punishment 154-55 : of what can strength undiminished or eternal being avail us, if it is only that we may suffer eternal punishment? 《失乐园》是一部气势恢弘的史诗式作品。全诗由12部诗篇组成，讲述了基督教《圣经》中撒旦化身为蛇，引诱亚当夏娃（人类的始祖）违背