On Satan in Paradise Lost from the View of Milton's Loss of Freedom

The motive forces of literary creation are closely related to an author’s personal experiences.Milton experienced great losses during his lifetime,which produced deep infl uences on his poetic writing.This thesis,based on Freud’s"repression"and"compensation"theory,analyzes Milton’s psychological state in the creation of Paradise Lost,aiming at exploring infl uences of the poet’s experience of loss on the creation of Satan in his masterpiece.

An Analysis of Milton＇s Free Will Defense From the Two Falls in Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is a great epic written by John Milton. Deeply influenced by Christian Humanism, Milton fully shows his free will defense in Paradise Lost. Based on the text of Paradise Lost, this paper mainly analyzes the causes of Milton＇s free will defense, his pursuit for free will shown in the two falls in the work： Satan＇s fall and Adam and Eve＇s fall. This paper also discusses the practical meaning of free will defense in Paradise Lost： it reveals his grief and anger of the failure of England revolution and shows the idea that people don＇t have the freedom to interfere or destroy other people＇s free will.

On the Encounter of Satan and Christ in John Milton＇s Paradise Lost

In Milton＇s Paradise Lost, Satan is conspicuously depicted as the ＂mighty chief＂ （I 566） and ＂the dread commander＂ （I 589） of the rebel army. True to the Hebrew meaning of his name, Satan poses appropriately as a grand ＂Adversary＂ （I 629; II 282） to ＂wage by force or guile eternal war＂ （I 121） against God. The poet has deliberately built up a parallel between Satan and Christ the Son, who is the commander-in-chief of the angelic army. With ＂Almighty arms / Gird on, and Sword upon [his] puissant Thigh＂ （VI 713-14）, the Son certainly makes an impressive figure of warrior-general. Satan＇s stance as the ＂idol of majesty divine＂ is really extraordinary. During the War in Heaven, he does show superhuman courage and strength; his ability to change his bodily form has no doubt increased his potential as a warrior. Furthermore, he commands a highly disciplined army, surpassing by far the best troops in human history. All this seems to indicate Satan as a great hero. Even before God proclaims the Son to be raised ＂by merit＂ to the position of＂second omnipotence＂ （III 309）, Milton has already made it clear to the reader that Satan, too, is ＂by merit rais＇d / To that bad eminence＂ （II 5-6）. This ambivalent merit of Satan has incurred heated controversy among the critics. The present paper will set out to analyze the encounter between Satan and the Son in Paradise Lost, in an effort to determine the true meaning of heroism.

A Brief Analysis of Reason in Paradise Lost

Human beings are endowed with free will when they are created.Like free will,reason is also a divine gift endowed by God.Based on the epic,this article aims to analyze the pure reason of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost before they fall and Eve's fall due to abuse of free will in the absence of reason.It is found that reason plays a vital part in man's free choice.And humankinds can be truly free when they choose the good under the guidance of reason.

The Analysis of Eve's Obedience and Resistance in Paradise Lost

Eve in Milton's Paradise Lost is a person with complicated characters.On the one hand,she is the queen of the Garden of Eden,on the other hand,she is the servant of her husband Adam.Because of her double identity,she has contradictory personality,that is,her obedience as well as her resistance.This article aims to analyse how her obedience and resistance specifically reflected in some details,thereby having a better understanding of her contradictory personality in Paradise Lost.

Material Dwellings in Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost tells the stories of men,God and Devil in three geographical spaces:the Heaven,the Hell and the garden of Eden.By sorting out the traces of“things”in the epic,this study holds that Milton presents the readers with the lives of men,God and Devil in three different material dwellings.Combined with the“animism materialism”proposed by John Milton when he respondes to the philosophical controversy of early modern“spirit and matter”,this study observes and appreciates the daily life of the three material dwellings in Paradise Lost from new materialism criticism.Thus,Heaven,Eden and Hell in the epic are not empty imaginations of the poet,but spaces with secular things that we can recognize.Milton uses secular things and three material dwellings full of things to show his understanding of a real Paradise.

Hierarchical Media Ethics in the Digital Age: An Analysis of the “Primary School Student Lost Homework in Paris” Incident

In the digital age,traditional media ethics norms lack sufficient explanatory power and binding force in practice.This paper uses the“Primary School Student Lost Homework in Paris”incident as a case study to explore the ethical controversies surrounding the dissemination of this event.By adopting a hierarchical media ethics perspective,the paper dynamically examines the ethical conduct of various communicators,elucidates the ethical responsibilities of each party involved,and reveals the complexity of communication ethics in the digital age.

Integration of Ecology and Culture in Environment Creation of Residential District——A Case Study of Landscape Design of Group A in Urban Paradise in Nanning

To create a graceful living environment is the core responsibility of landscape designers in the designing process of residential environment. Residential environment design should pay attention to correctly involving cultural feature and environmental and ecological elements which should be integrated in certain living environment through a good design method, so as to reflect landscape designers’ concern on the urban living space. Taking the buildings of Urban Paradise (Paradise in Chinese literature is also called Taohua Yuan, that is, Land of Peach Blossom, originated from the essay by TAO Yuan-ming in the Eastern Jin Dynasty) in Nanning City for example, the research investigated how to integrate ecology and culture in the environment creation of residential district.

Application of Garden Design Style in Tang Dynasty to the Design of Modern City Public Gardens: A Case Study of Tang Paradise

Public garden, as a type of Chinese classical garden, is an important historical heritage and cultural landscape of the current traditional city. However, under the background of modern urbanization, urban living environment is out of the traditional history and culture and facing such issue as cement jungle. In order to improve the living environment and make the city coordinate with the natural environment, the development of modern urban gardens needs inheritance and development of traditional garden practices. The planning and design methods with scientific guidance were studied in this paper through exploring the application of garden design style in Tang Dynasty in the design of modern city public gardens, so as to inherit the classical garden culture and create a city open space that meets the needs of contemporary citizens as well.

Effect of Grains of Paradise (GP) Extract Intake on Obesity and Sympathetic Nerve Activity

The methanol extract of grains of paradise (GP), the seed of Aframomum melegueta, which is distributed throughout West Africa, was administered during an animal breeding test. The extract suppressed body weight gain and decreased the weight of adipose tissues in breeding mice, with a greater effect on mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) than on those fed a normal diet (ND). Other significant effects of GP intake included increased serum triglyceride (TG) concentration and reduced hepatic total cholesterol (TC) and TG concentrations. GP intake markedly prevented fat accumulation and improved hepatic lipid metabolism in HFD-fed mice. In addition, GP extract at a dosage of 5 mg/kg body weight decreased sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) in brown adipose tissue (BAT), while capsaicin, a major component of chili pepper, activated BAT SNA. This suggested that GP exerts a potential anti-obesity effect by a different mechanism from that of capsaicin.

Effects of mechanical vibration on filling and solidification behavior, microstructure and performance of Al/Mg bimetal by lost foam compound casting

Al/Mg bimetal was prepared by lost foam solid-liquid compound casting,and the effects of mechanical vibration on the filling and solidification behavior,microstructure and performance of the bimetal were investigated.Results show that the mechanical vibration has a remarkable influence on the filling and solidification processes.It is found that after mechanical vibration,the filling rate increases and the filling rate at different times is more uniform than that without vibration.In addition,the mechanical vibration also increases the wettability between liquid AZ91D and A356 inlays.The mechanical vibration reduces the horizontal and vertical temperature gradient of the casting and makes the temperature distribution of the whole casting more uniform.Compared to the Al/Mg bimetal without vibration,the shear strength is improved by 39.76%after the mechanical vibration is applied,due to the decrease of the inclusions and Al_(12)Mg_(17) dendrites,and the refinement and uniform distribution of the Mg_(2)Si particles in the interface of the Al/Mg bimetal.

An Untouched Natural Paradise

HOH Xil Nature Reserve,“Hoh Xil” meaning ‘beautiful girl’ in Mongolian, is located in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Because of its harsh natural environment, no people live here. Therefore it’s also known as the “forbidden zone for humans” or “mysterious land.” It is one of the regions on earth that humans have little knowledge of, thus preserving it as an untouched natural paradise. Located in the northeastern corner of the Qinghai- Tibet Plateau, Hoh Xil Nature Reserve covers a large area of mountains and grassland at an altitude of more than 4,500 meters above sea level.

Magic Realism in Morrison＇s Paradise

＂We Are the Furrow of His Brow＂ is the graffiti altered from ＂Beware of the Furrow of His Brow＂ or ＂The Furrow of His Brow＂ on the hood of an oven in a separated black town Ruby. Young people of Ruby change the words because they feel regretted contriving to shoot an assumed guilty woman living in the nearby convent. However, whether the woman Consolata and the other four women at the convent are dead remains mysterious. There are some descriptions of magics in Paradise in which the most magical abilities are Connie＇s ＂bat vision＂ and ＂stepping in＂. This paper demonstrates the ways that Morrison manifests magic realism in Paradise including multiple narrative timelines, ambiguous writing, reconstituted marginal figures and naturally blended reality. Primarily in thefour ways Morrison presents how she utilizes magic realism genre to depict the changeable world penetrating through the appearance.

Paradise Archetype in Possession

A.S.Byatt's Possession has its own appraisal of public and critic alike for its original structure, as well as for the novelty and complexity of its themes. With Northrop Frye's archetypal criticism, this paper analyzes the epic poems"The Garden of Proserpina"so as to identify the hidden creation theme from paradise archetype.

“Enchanting Paradise” in the U.S.A

A 33-member performing group from Zhejiang Acrobatic Troupe went to the U.S.A on May 6, 2006. During their 11-day trip, they at- tended“06 Zhejiang Week”in New York,“Zhejiang Cultral Week”in Los Angeles and“Asia Arts Festival”

金介甫的翻译观解读——基于Imperfect Paradise金介甫独译作品及其副文本的考察

Imperfect Paradise(《天堂之缺》)是由金介甫编辑并主译的沈从文作品译集。分析金介甫独译作品及其丰富的副文本,对译者的翻译观进行梳理和阐释。研究表明,译者金介甫始终秉持“忠实再现原作语言特点、准确传递原作文化意象、全面揭示原作语言内涵”的翻译观。译者翻译观的研究和梳理对中国文学外译具有重要的参考价值,也有利于指导译者的翻译实践。

Hangzhou:Paradise on Earth

HANGZHOU, known as"paradise on earth," has ahumid climate, fresh air,a clean, well-orderedenvironment, and the West Lakeas its back garden. The landaround Hangzhou City is one

Estimating the Monetary Value of Hours Lost to the Nigerian Public Healthcare System When Full-Time Government Employee Doctors Engage in Dual Practice

Background: Dual Practice (DP) allows full-time public sector doctors to concurrently offer the same clinical services in the private sector. The debate against this practice seems to be largely influenced by its potential to reduce the contracted hours in the public sector and shift attention to private work. Purpose: The purpose of this secondary research is to estimate the monetary value of hours lost to the Nigerian public healthcare system when full-time government employee doctors are engaged in private practice. It attempts to quantify the amount of resource outflow from the public system due to absences and lateness arising from competition for time between the public system’s contracted hours and private practice. Methods: Sensitivity analysis in Excel 2010 was used to calculate doctors’ hourly pay in the public sector using the 2015 Consolidated Medical Salary Structure for medical and dental officers in Nigeria’s federal public service. The parameters used for the calculation were the official 40-hour working week and the average monthly gross pay of doctors on different grade levels. Hypothetical scenarios of hours lost due to absences associated with DP were created. The value of different hypothetical hour losses by the percentage of doctors assumed to engage in dual practice across all doctor grade levels was then computed. Results: The estimated annual value of hours lost from dual practice to a single public tertiary care hospital was N4,851,754 or 15,855 USD (best case scenario) and N19,407,017 or 63,422 USD (worst case scenario) for the normal routine work and N1,800,133 or 5883 USD (best case scenario) and N3,600,266 or 11,766 USD (worst case scenario) for the on-call duty. Conclusion: The government may have been paying salaries for large volumes of work not rendered in the public sector. The overall financial impact of dual practice in the Nigerian public system might be negative.

Soul Nourishment or Soul Poison:The Role of Food in Morrison’s Be⁃loved and Paradise

Toni Morrison is one of the most important writers in American history,and her prose and stories offer compelling commentaries on the intertwined experiences of race and womanhood.Morrison combines a striking narrative style with poetic language and magical realism to create novels which offer insight into the experiences of black people and women.Two novels in particular that explore these themes are Beloved and Paradise.These two novels are privy to the experiences of black women as they work together to overcome their traumas in various ways.In the novels,the theme of food is used as a motif to represent inner strength and healing from trauma.Throughout Beloved and Paradise,food is used as a powerful symbol to convey community togetherness as well as to symbolize inner strength,and its textual appearances should be analyzed for their implications about race and gender.In so doing,readers will be able to better understand how food is not just a physical necessity,but a powerful symbol of strength and solidarity.