Paradi Lost
BOOK 1
THE ARGUMENT内容提要
This first Book propos, first in brief, the whole Subject： Man’s disobedience, and the loss thereupon of Paradi wherein he was placed, then touches the prime cau of the fall of the Serpent, or rather Satan in the Serpent, who, revolting against God, and drawing to his side many Legions of Angels, was by the command of God driven out of Heaven with all his Crew into the great Deep大海沟---Hell. When the action past over, the Poem hastes into the midst of things, prenting Satan with his Angels now fallen into Hell, described here, not in the Center (for Heaven and Earth may be suppod as yet not made, certainly not yet accurd被诅咒的北京德语培训班) but in a place of utter darkness, fitliestly called Chaos. Here Satan with his Angels lying on the burning Lake, thunder-struck遭雷击的令人吃惊的 and astonished, after a certain space, recovers, as from confusion, calls up him who, next in Order and Dignity, lay by him; they confer支持 of their mirable fall. Satan awakens all his
Legions, who lay till then in the same manner confounded惶惑地. They ri, with their Numbers, in array of Battle, their chief Leaders named, according to the Idols known afterwards in Canaan and the adjoining countries. To the Satan directs his Speech, comforts them with hope yet of regaining Heaven, but tells them lastly of a new World and new kind of Creature to be created, according to an ancient Prophesy or report in Heaven; for that Angels were long before this visible Creation, was the opinion of many ancient Fathers. To find out the truth of this Prophesy, and what to determine thereon he refers to a full Councel. What his Associates thence attempt: Pandemonium混乱新视野大学英语3课后答案,泛恶魔 the Palace of Satan ris, suddenly built out of the Deep: The infernal地狱的恶魔的 Peers there sit in Councel.
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BOOK 2
THE ARGUMENT
The Consultation begun, Satan debates whether another Battle be to be hazarded冒险 for the recovery of Heaven: some advi it, others dissuade劝阻: A third proposal is prefe
rred, mentioned before by Satan, to arch the truth of that Prophesy or Tradition in Heaven concerning another world, and another kind of creature equal or not much inferior to themlves, about this time to be created: Theyolady decide who shall be nt on this difficult arch: Satan their chief undertakes alone the voyage, is honoured and applauded. The Councel thus ended, the rest betake致力于 them veral ways and to veral employments, as their inclinations爱好 lead them, to entertain the time till Satan returns. He pass on his journey to Hell Gates, finds them shut, and with guards sitting there to guard them. At length最后 they gates opened, he discovers the great Gulf between Hell and Heaven, with great difficulty he pass through, directed by Chaos, the Power of that place, to the sight of this new World which he is eking.
out of Chaos. One of Milton's veral heterodox positions. Orthodoxy held that God created everything ex nihilo, out of nothing (the "void" of Genesis 1:2; See Calvin's Commentary on Genesis). Milton borrows the concept of chaos, or unformed matter, from Hesiod and Platonic philosophy (especially the Timaeus 53b). Milton was also a monist, holding that all things were created out of God; e book
BOOK 3
THE ARGUMENT
God sitting on his Throne es Satan flying towards this World, then newly created; shows him to the Son who sits 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 purpo of grace towards him, in regard he fall not of his own malice, as did 尼葛洛庞帝Satan, but by him duced. The Son of God renders prais to his Father for the manifestation of his gracious purpo 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 God-head, and therefore with all his Progeny devoted to death must die, unless some one can be found sufficient to answer for his offence, and undergo his Punishment. The Son of God freely offers himlf a Ransom for Man: the Father accepts him, ordains his incarnation, pronounces his exaltation above all Names i
n Heaven and Earth; commands all the Angels to adore him. They obey, and hymning to their Harps in full Quire, celebrate the Father and the Son. Mean while Satan alights upon the bare Convex of this World’s outermost Orb; where wandering he first finds a place since called The Lymbo 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 Urielbombay the Regent of that Orb, but first changes himlf 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 4
THE ARGUMENT
Satan now in prospect of Eden, and nigh the place where he must now attempt the bold enterpri which he has undertook alone against God and Man, falls into many doubts wit
h himlf, and many passions, fear, envy, and despair; but at length confirms himlf in evil, journeys on to Paradi, who outward prospect and situation is described, overleaps the bounds, sits in the shape of a Cormorant 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 theirdueto excellent form and happy state, but with resolution to work their fall; overhears their discour, thence gathers that the Tree of Knowledge is forbidden them to eat of, under penalty of death; and thereon intends to found his Temptation, by ducing them to transgress. He then leaves them a while, to know further of their state by some other means. Mean while Uriel descending on a Sun-beam warns Gabriel, who has in charge the Gate of Paradi, that some evil spirit had escaped the Deep, and pasd at Noon by his Sphere in the shape of a good Angel down to Paradi, discovered after by his furious gestures in the Mount. Gabriel promis to find him before morning. Night coming on, Adam and Eve discour of going to their rest: their Bower described; their Evening worship. Gabriel drawing forth his Bands of Night-watch to walk the round of Paradi, appoints two strong Angels to Adam’s Bower, least the evil spirit s
hould be there doing some harm to Adam or 梅林传奇第一季Eve sleeping. There they find him at the ear of Eve, tempting her in a dream, and bring him, though unwillingly, to Gabriel; by whom ufc是什么意思questioned, he scornfully answers, prepares resistance, but hindered by a Sign from Heaven, flies out of Paradi.
BOOK 5
THE ARGUMENT
Morning approached, Eve relates to Adam her troublesome dream; he likes it not, yet comforts her: They come forth to their day laboursips是什么意思: Their Morning Hymn at the Door of their Bower. God, to render Man inexcusable, nds 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 el may avail Adam to know. Raphael comes down to Paradi, 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 Paradi got together by Eve; their discour at Table: Raphael perf
orms his message, minds Adam of his state and of his enemy; relates at Adam’s request 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 disuades and oppos him, then forsakes him.
