撒旦在paradise lost里的英雄形象分析 英文.doc

Satans rebel hero image in paradise 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 chain in his hand.  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,In Paradise Lost, Satan was originally a large archangel beside the god, because of his dissatisfaction 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 serpent tempts Eve to pick the forbidden apple from the Tree of Life. Success lure mankind lost the 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 gods satisfaction, Satan's struggle, Satan's provocative speech, Satan's trick . present a more three-dimensional process of an angels falling, more importantly, Milton make such a fallen angel with many mortal emotions of human beings.First of all, Satan in Miltons book is considered to be a hero, there is no doubt that he represents Miltons 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 Satan who first suspects the absolute commands which are nonsense but people must blind obey 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-sighted and premeditated, he creates the salvo, the heaven armies are unprepared to cope with 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 not want to lose the leadership. He got one idea that he will destroy God's plan, seeking an 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 only difference between them is strength. God created all things was not out of kindness and love, but for his selfish purpose obtain permanent sincerity and yield from everything he created. Satan also believed: God is heaven tyrant, "should not hold infinite authority 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, the glamorous words that Satan tempted Eve eating the forbidden fruit sounding rhetoric are a declaration of opposition to ignorance. 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. For example: When the rebel leaders decided to send someone out of hell through the chaotic border to detect the actual situation of the New World, all of the rebel angels hesitated, glanced questioningly at one another, because it will took big risk. Satan stand up without hesitation. Satan was a hero, with courage, leadership and statesmanship. When Satan said to his frightened companions in a powerful voice to wake them up, he reveals his heroic leader style. Satan is a hero, not only because he dared to resist and had the courage to pursue freedom, 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 destruction of suffering, but he did not lose his heart, his indomitable spirit will not be destroy. In 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. Although 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）, Güttersloh 1995（英）John Milton， Paradise lost M London 1667