A Brief Analysis of Reason in Paradise Lost  

作　　者：徐亚文 XU Ya-wen(College of International Languages and Cultures,Hohai University,Nanjing 211100,China)

机构地区：[1]河海大学外国语学院

出　　处：《海外英语》2019年第11期250-253,共4页Overseas English

摘　　要：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.Human beings are endowed with free will when they are created. Like free will, reason is also a divine gift endowed byGod. Based on the epic, this article aims to analyze the pure reason of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost before they fall and Eve’sfall 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 human-kinds can be truly free when they choose the good under the guidance of reason.

关 键 词：PARADISE LOST REASON free WILL 

分 类 号：H0[语言文字—语言学]