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john milton简介
john milton (december 9, 1608 to november 8, 1674) british poet, political commentator,
democratic fighter, british literature in the history of one of the great six poets. representative
works are long poem "lost paradise", "fu paradise" and "lux" samson.
in 1625, milton went to cambridge university and began writing poetry. after graduating from
college and studying literature for 6 years. in 1638, milton traveled to europe. in 1640 the british
revolution broke out, milton decided to join in the revolutionary movement, and published five
books on religious freedom, in 1644, milton also for freedom of speech and wrote "on the
freedom of the press." in 1649, after the victory of the british colonies, milton published "on the
king and officials of the authority" and other documents to consolidate the revolutionary regime.
1660, the british feudal dynasty restoration, milton was arrested and imprisoned, was soon
released, then he concentrate on writing poetry
john milton人物经历
on december 9, 1608, john milton was born. milton's father is a legal instrument, the family is
more honest. although his father was a puritan, but not as much as the other puritans at that time,
he likes music, but also guide milton to love music. he also loves books such as life, while the
young milton played little like his father like books. milton's father also specifically for his hired
a private teacher, milton just over ten years old, you can write some good poetry. at that time
milton often learned late into the night, which had a very bad impact on his later body.
at the age of 12, his father sent milton to a man named st. paul's men's school at the time of
study, 15 years old entered the university of cambridge. the young milton faces handsome, but
proud, thought independent. milton had intended to go to the british church as a pastor. but the
conflict between the catholics and the puritans intensified, and milton was a puritan.
after completing college studies, milton gave up the idea of being a pastor in the british church,
and for some time he did not know what to do. repeated thinking, he firmly believe that he
should be born poet. he lived his father about 20 miles from london's dunton village estate for
nearly five years, and in order to better realize his own ideals in the future, he began to write
poetry and study.
in the past five years, he wrote a large number of short poems, including "happy people" to
express a longing for a happy life, "meditation" on the thought of meditation was described,
"liesidas" praise a drowned friend, "commas" shows a masquerade.
but soon, he began to feel tired of this quiet pastoral life. he is eager to the outside world more
exciting. so he took his father to his money, embarked on a journey to france, switzerland, italy.
in italy, he heard that the british king and the contradiction between the people imminent, and
soon may be the outbreak of war. so he immediately gave up the plan to travel and write poetry,
rushed back to england.
after returning to london, he strongly opposed the conservative party and devoted all his energy
to writing a large number of political pamphlets that supported the freedom of the people.
published in 1644, "published freedom", bold attack on the british press censorship system;
published in 1649, "the destruction of idols," advocated the death of charles i; 1650 published "to
defend the british people", to meet the republican and revolutionary arrival.
in 1649, according to the parliamentary judgment, king charles i was beheaded, while oliver
cromwell came to power, became the head of government, and was called "protect the country".
the leaders of the puritan government, who had written a large number of essays and pamphlets
written by milton for the victory of the republic in the revolution, then appointed him as
secretary for foreign affairs. in addition to his latin alphabet, which is responsible for translating
foreign governments, he must also answer in latin, and he is responsible for criticizing the
attacks and statements against the cromwell government. because of the heavy task, he had to
work day and night, soon, vision began to decline, the doctor warned him to stop using the eye,
otherwise he will be blind. but he refused the doctor asked him to give up the heavy reading and
writing work advice, continue to work hard. eventually, by 1652, his eyes were completely blind.
even so, he did not stop working, he used to read the way he wrote others to work day and night
to continue. soon, his wife died, gave him left three young girl waiting, the largest but also 6
years old. this is a busy business for the blind people is undoubtedly worse.
soon, the king saved the regime to regain the regime. charles ii (the son of the former king)
boarded the throne. protestants are everywhere to escape. and some went to the united states, and
some were arrested and sentenced to death. milton hid a friend for a few months, his property
was confiscated, his book was burned by the executioner. finally, milton was caught in the
prison, so the king later let him. milton ended the social life, and began to poetry again, he spent
seven years to write the poem "lost paradise." in this poem, he tells how satan has betrayed god,
how eve and adam have been expelled from eden and so on. he was blind because of his eyes,
had to read by him, and sometimes let his daughter to write, and sometimes by visiting friends to
write. "paradise" for him to win a high reputation, many scholars and politicians so far away
from the road, came to visit him. after completing this masterpiece, he wrote the "rebirth
paradise", and a drama about the samsoni of rex (samson was israel hercules, and was as blind as
milton in his later years).
november 8, 1674, milton died.
john milton创作特点
theme of the work
in his writings, milton elaborated liberalism from the aspects of natural human rights, freedom of
the press, freedom of religious belief, freedom of education, freedom of marriage and so on.
milton believes that freedom, property, life is the natural rights of people, inviolable, that people
have the right to overthrow the freedom of the tyrant. he also criticized the british system of
review of books published, against the practice of strangling the truth, demanding freedom of
speech and publication, creating the conditions for the spread of capitalist ideology and culture.
after gaining these rights, milton further affirmed the existence of man. in the religious view, he
put forward a rational belief, which is actually a christian humanistic view of religion, requires
people to have a rational, free choice, cultivate virtue, with a good individual directly with god to
communicate and communicate. milton proposed his own different from the theological, secular
feudal education reform program, trying to establish a modern education system. at the same
time, due to milton's own marriage experience, he particularly advocates equality between men
and women, freedom of marriage. after the failure of the revolution, milton began the creation of
three long poems, reflecting the theme of freedom in his trilogy, expressing the poet as a
tenacious liberal fighter, still in the post-restoration mood believe in the confidence of the
revolution.
"paradise", "fu paradise" and "warrior samson" have shown people's struggle and salvation, are
touched the works of the human mind, the poet on the deepest human morality, spirit and belief
in the exploration, milton's reflection on man and human nature, thinking about the problems of
human unfortunate roots and how people can be saved. the theme of redemption is embodied in
the selection of the theme of the long poem and the shaping of the characters.
artistic characteristics
the theme of the selection, milton "paradise lost" by the ancestor of adam, eve by sedan lure to be
deprived of the story of the park, revealing the concept of christian "original sin" to promote
human beings should be realistic attitude to bear the burden of earthly life , save yourself with
atonement. the story of the restoration of the paradise with jesus' victory over all the temptations
of satan shows that mankind can overcome all kinds of suffering and save if he can improve his
character. "warrior samson" by the tragic character samson, imprisoned, blind, suffered
humiliation, at the expense of revenge life experience, complained about milton's own political
experience and ideals and beliefs, praised the struggle for the noble cause perseverance of the
character and at the expense of their salvation spirit.
the image of the people, milton out of the need to express the salvation of the lofty ideals, the
choice of ambitious events as the theme, the use of magnificent long poems as a genre to lead the
classic, magnificent style, creating a literary history of the classic image: jesus, samson, adam
and eve. the image of the characters with the poet on the shaping of the idea of redemption. adam
and eve are the ancestors of mankind, who have universal qualities of mankind, the condition of
salvation; jesus is the embodiment of the poet's ideal personality, virtue is the basis of salvation;
samson is the typical image of the road to salvation, mankind brings hope of salvation.
