Paradise Lost - BOOK I - Of Mans First Disobedience and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree

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Epic poem spanning ten books, presenting the fall of humanity through divine and infernal conflict. Book I opens with Adam’s first disobedience, framing death and humanity’s sorrow as the consequence of entering forbidden choice. It invokes heavenly inspiration, depicts Satan’s pride and expulsion from Heaven, and portrays Hell as darkness visible, punishment without end, and a domain prepared by eternal justice. The narrative then launches Satan’s address to Beelzebub.

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CategoryStory & Novel

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Pages253

Reading Time6 h 30 min

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BOOK I

Prologue Invocation and Theme of the Fall

Satan’s Fall, Punishment, and Assembly in Hell

Satan Addresses Beelzebub

Paradise Lost by JOHN MILTON 1667 DjVu Editions E-books © 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Milton: Paradise Lost Table of Contents BOOK I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 BOOK II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 BOOK III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 BOOK IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 BOOK V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 BOOK VI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 BOOK VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 BOOK VIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 BOOK IX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 BOOK X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Milton: Paradise Lost BOOK I. BOOK I. Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, 5 Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top Of OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav’ns and Earth Rose out of CHAOS: Or if SION Hill 10 Delight thee more, and SILOA’S Brook that flow’d Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th’AONIAN Mount, while it pursues 15 Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime. And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all Temples th’ upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know’st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 20 Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad’st it pregnant: What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument I may assert th’ Eternal Providence, 25 And justifie the wayes of God to men. Say first, for Heav’n hides nothing from thy view Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause Mov’d our Grand Parents in that happy State, Favour’d of Heav’n so highly, to fall off 30 From their Creator, and transgress his Will For one restraint, Lords ofthe World besides? Who first seduc’d them to that fowl revolt? Th’ infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv’d 35 The Mother of Mankinde, what time his Pride Had cast him out from Heav’n, with all his Host Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in Glory above his Peers, He trusted to have equal’d the most High, 40 Milton: Paradise Lost BOOK I. If he oppos’d; and with ambitious aim Against the Throne and Monarchy of God Rais’d impious War in Heav’n and Battel proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurld headlong flaming from th’ Ethereal Skie 45 With hideous ruine and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire, Who durst defie th’ Omnipotent to Arms. Nine times the Space that measures Day and Night 50 To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulfe Confounded though immortal: But his doom Reserv’d him to more wrath; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain 55 Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes That witness’d huge affliction and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate: At once as far as Angels kenn he views The dismal Situation waste and wilde, 60 A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great Furnace flam’d, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv’d only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace 65 And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed With ever-burning Sulphur unconsum’d: Such place Eternal Justice had prepar’d 70 For those rebellious, here their Prison ordain’d In utter darkness, and their portion set As far remov’d from God and light of Heav’n As from the Center thrice to th’ u

FAQs

Book I主要讲述什么主题？

它围绕人类的第一次不服从以及禁果带来的后果展开，并描绘天堂与地狱之间的冲突如何引发“失乐园”。

开篇为何包含对天启/灵感的祈求？

诗歌以“Sing Heav’nly Muse”作为召唤，说明作者要获得启发来叙述关于上帝、地狱深处以及人类堕落的宏大主题。

Satan在Book I中如何被刻画？

Satan因骄傲与反叛被打入“bottomless perdition”，但仍保持对抗的意志，形成“不屈的意志”“永恒的恨”和对荣耀的坚持。

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