英国文学知识点总结期末考试(2)

time, Milton's "Paradise Lost" in the 17th century，Goethe's vFaust"m the 18th

century, LermontoVs "Devil" in the 19th century and Gard Cove's "master and

Margarita "in the 20th century, the image of Satan has undergone a series of

evolution.

Dante’s "Divine Comedy" followed the literary tradition of Bible, in which Satan is

defined as the antithesis of God. Milton's ”Paradise Lost" was the first to break

through the limitation of religion where Satan was depicted as a proud warrior and

active rebel. "Faust" converged all the contradictions of human nature, became the

first one in history who courage people to do good with his bad deed. LermontoVs

"Devil" is a bold negation，that courage people to pursuit happiness and love. In

Boolean Jia KefU ^Master and Margaref Satan became the world's master and

subverted all the Satan's images above.

According to the image evolution, Satan's prototype of evil developed forward;

his evil behavior enhanced people's willingness towards kind^ Satan also realized the

reverse between good and evil. At the same time, Satan's role changed perfectly from

a rebel to a tempter and trials. Behind this series of evolution, the image of Satan

enriched, so gradually deviated from the image of demon and became an intrinsic part

of human nature. It is impossible for human to get rid of Satan and become perfect.

Integrity of human nature is complex and is hovered between God and Satan，so it is a

kind of damage to human nature if they have too much bias in God or Satan.

KEY WORDYS： Satan; Prototype; Good ； Evil; Humanity; Evolution

自16世纪的宗教改革开始，整个欧洲地区基本上都兴起了改革的浪潮，如

德国的马丁路德、法国的加尔文都变成了新教的领袖。1524年，英国的丁道尔

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