论《失乐园》中撒旦的形象【优质】.doc

An Analysis of Satan in Paradise Lost 论《失乐园》中撒旦的形象 An analysis of Satan in Paradise Lost  摘 要 约翰·弥尔顿是英语文化历史上非常有名的一位作家。他的著作—《失乐园》是英语文化史上的一座里程碑。在约翰·弥尔顿所有的著作中，《失乐园》是最复杂，最难理解的一部作品，并为他赢得了永久的荣誉。他的史诗使得撒旦的形象更加生动，更加具有人性，并且使其在某些方面成为了一名特殊的英雄。弥尔顿用了很多的语句来描写撒旦对他的追随者所做的雄辩。撒旦追求自由，但是却不能用暴力手段得到他想要的。这就是撒旦在弥尔顿的著作中具有一种矛盾性。尽管弥尔顿用了一种积极的态度来描写撒旦，但是撒旦邪恶的本性却从未改变。他的矛盾情感鲜明地遍及整个诗篇。这种矛盾的情感吸引了众多批评家的目光，引起了几个世纪的争论。 本文通过分析撒旦在《失乐园》中的形象，使得人们获得一种不同的视角来重新审视邪恶的撒旦。他的字句反映了他毕生所挚爱的自由，同时暗示通过暴力方式所进行的革命终将会失败，这也体现了弥尔顿自己的意志与精神。 关键词：撒旦；自由；英雄；失败  Abstract John Milton was a very famous writer during the history of English literature. His masterpiece Paradise Lost was undoubtedly a milestone in the history of English literature. Among all of John Milton’s great works, Paradise Lost was the most complicated and most profound one, which won him endless honor. His epic made Satan more vivid more humanized and made him a special hero in some aspects. Milton wrote a lot of sentences to describe Satan’s defense for his followers. Satan sought for freedom, but he couldn’t get what he wanted by violence. That’s why Satan in Milton’s masterpiece had a kind of contradiction. Although Milton adopted a positive attitude to describe Satan, his evil characteristic didn’t change at all. His ambivalence was obviously throughout the whole poem. This kind of ambivalence caught all critics’ eyes and led to centuries’ disputes. By analyzing Satan in Paradise Lost, the author of this paper aims to make people obtain a different angle to revisit the evil one, Satan. His words showed his lifelong love for freedom, and implied that the revolution would be failed by violence, which also reflected Milton’s own idea and spirit. Key Words: Satan; freedom; hero; failure  Contents 摘 要 I Abstract II 1. Introduction 1 2. The Realistic Significance of Paradise Lost 1 2.1 The Presentation of Every Image of Different Classes 1 2.2 The Theme of the Whole Book 2 2.3 The Doomed Endi