ent.2.Majorworks(1)Lycidas(《利西达斯》)Inhisearlyworks,MiltonappearsastheinheritorofallthatwasbestinElizabethanliterature.posedforacollectionofelegiesdedicatedtoEdwardKing,afellowundergraduateofMilton’satCambridge,whowasdrownedintheIrishsea.(2)ParadiseLost(《失乐园》)1)MainideaParadiseLostisalongepicdividedinto12books.TheoriginalstoryistakenfromGenesis3:1-24oftheBible.InHeaven,SatanledarebellionagainstGod.Defeated,heandhisrebelangelswerecastintoHell.However,epthisfailure,vowingthat“allwasnotlost”andthathewouldseekrevengeforhisdownfall.ThepoemgoesontotellhowSatantookrevengebytemptingAdamandEve,thefirsthumanbeingscreatedbyGod,toeatfruitfromthetreeofknowledgeagainstGod’sinstructions.Inthelastbooktheyweregiventhehopeforredemption.ThepoemendedwithAdamandEvewalkingawayfromParadise,handinhand,andthegatesof
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