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1、JohnMilton(December9,1608–November8,1674)wasanEnglishpoet,prosepolemicist,andcivilservantfortheEnglishCommonwealth.HewasinvolvedinPuritanMovement,hisreligiousideasandpoliticalargumentsallpromotedhedevelopmentofcapitalism.Inhisliterarycareer,mostfamedforhisepicp
2、oemParadiseLost,Miltoniscelebratedaswellforhiseloquenttreatisecondemningcensorship,Areopagitica.LongconsideredthesupremeEnglishpoet,MiltonexperiencedadipinpopularityafterattacksbyT.S.EliotandF.R.Leavisinthemid-twentiethcentury;butwithmultiplesocietiesandscholar
3、lyjournalsdevotedtohisstudy,Milton’sreputationremainsasstrongaseverinthetwenty-firstcentury.Andhebelievesthatatruepoetwasderivedfromtheloveoflive,whileone’shappinessinheartwasthesourceofcreativity.WhenIfirstreadParadiseLost,Iwassurprised,becausethepoemshowedMil
4、ton’spersonalbeliefandfaith,Icansawthatsecularhumanismwhichprovidedanewwaytodealwithproblemswasthecombinationofthethoughtsofhumanistandreligiousdoctrine.ItcanbesaidParadiseLostwastheepicofmankind,butalsoanepicdisplayofhumannature.What’smore,thecreativestyleofMi
5、ltonwasdifferentfromanywritersafterhim.ParadiseLostdescribesthat:Ledbythefreedom—lovingSatan,therebelliousangelsroseagainstGodhimself,butinthebattlewiththehostsofangelsthatremainedtruetoGodtheywerefinallydefeated,SatanandhisfollowersarebanishedfromHeavenanddriv
6、enintohell.Butevenhereinhell,amidstflamesandpoisonousfumes,Satanandhisadherentsarenotdiscouraged.TheywanttoagainstGodagain,So,SatanchangedintoaserpentandwenttotheGardenofEdenforhumanancestors—AdamandEve.AdamandEvewereinducedtoeattheForbiddenFruitbySatan.Because
7、oftheirignoranceanddepravity,GodletAdamandEveoutoftheGardenofEden.Theirfaultwastheoriginalsinofhumanwhichcauseddeath,suffering,famineonearth.However,Godstillgavehumanthechancetosalvation.GodsentJesusChristtosavetheworldsothatmankindcouldreturntoparadisewiththou
8、ghfaithandsincererepentance.Inthepoem,“tojustifythewayofGodtoman”isthetheme,butafterreadingitonegetstheimpressionthatthemainideaofthepoemisarevoltagainstGod’sauthority.Thefi
