撒旦形象的意义.docVIP

撒旦形象的意义 我找到拉一篇。。网路地址如下： /satanparadisel_rsng.htm 题目是Satan and Paradise Lost（撒旦和失乐园） 它的简介是：A discussion of Miltons Paradise Lost and Satansrole in it. Investigates the mixture of sympathy and horror evoked by Miltons portrayl of Satan in this work.（本文讨论了弥尔顿的《失乐园》，和撒旦在《失乐园》中的角色，研究了弥尔顿在作品中对撒旦既同情又惧怕的双重感情。） 以下是它的全文： Ambivalence toward Satan in Paradise Lost is a difficult element to define. On the one hand Satan is our socio-religious inheritance as the embodiment of all the ills of mankind. Thus the name Satan, even if merely uttered, connotes horror and repulsion, even to the staunchest atheist. In Paradise Lost, however, at least in the first several books, a characterization of Satan is portrayed in which the audience feels sympathy and fraternity with Satans character. In addition to an analysis of Gods and Satans characters, there are two perspectives on the content of Paradise Lost which show where the conflict in the readers perception evolves. On the more superficial level, meaning the level determined by preconceived notions of the epics characters, there is a conflict between Satan, pure evil, and God, pure good. Pure evil then continues to lay waste to anything God cherishes in a feeble attempt to exact revenge for his punishment. Our first father and mother, Adam and Eve, are seduced by Satan and made to suffer therefrom. The punishment, determined by God, seems just and merciful in light of mankinds transgression of his sole command, not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This much is in the mind of any Judeo-Christian or informed reader before the epic is even begun. Thus the details of Satans transgression, the war in heaven, Gods commands and actions, and the characterization of all characters within the epic are subordinate to our foreknowledge. Without a careful analysis everything seems to be in place and to conform, at least generally, to our preconceptions. One cannot help, however, but to feel some ambivalence in the accepted relig