Western Literature week17－藺才芯的部落格

Western Literature

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week17

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Tower Bable:the tower that we reach gods

The Tower of Babel is an etiological myth in the Book of Genesis of the Tanakh (also referred to as the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament) meant to explain the origin of different languages. According to the story, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar. There they agreed to build a city and tower; seeing this, God confounded their speech so that they could no longer understand each other and scattered them around the world.

final 15題 who betrays Saman?

Sarah is a fatal woman fatality(n): 死傷人數

seven locks of hair七股頭髮

Goldilocks金卷頭髮

fate v.s destiny v.s destination

fate(n): something final or negative, such as death or defeat.

destiny(n): something happens in the future, and is outside human control.

destination(n): the final space where someone is being sent or taken.

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. It is considered by critics to be Milton's major work, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time.

The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men".

Satan撒旦=Lucifer=Prince of Darkness=Samson+姓

Satan (meaning "adversary" in Hebrew;meaning; "astray", "distant", or sometimes "devil" in Abrabic) is a figure appearing in the texts of the Abrahamic religions who brings evil and temptation, and is known as the deceiver who leads humanity astray. Some religious groups teach that he originated as an angel who fell out of favor with God, seducing humanity into the ways of sin, and who has power in the fallen world. In the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Satan is primarily an accuser and adversary, a decidedly malevolent entity, also called the devil, who possesses demonic qualities.

In Theistic Satanism, Satan is considered a positive force and deity who is either worshipped or revered. In LaVeyan Satanism, Satan is regarded as holding virtuous characteristics.

Divine Comedy但丁神曲

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

On the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven; but at a deeper level, it represents, allegorically, the soul's journey towards God.At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse".

Florence 義大利文音近似翡冷翠

Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse]

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region.

Florence is famous for its history: a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time,it is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called "the Athens of the Middle Ages". A turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family, and numerous religious and republican revolutions.From 1865 to 1871 the city was the capital of the recently established Kingdom of Italy.

Florence is an important city in Italian fashion, being ranked in the top 51 fashion capitals of the world, furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub.

para---啪啦啪啦平行並立之意

for example: paradise,parasite 殺蟲劑,parallel,parachute降落傘,paragragh平行並立的段落,

parasol(n): a type of sunshade,giving protection from the sun

gold parachute黃金降落傘(兩間公司合併時使用)

A golden parachute is an agreement between a company and an employee (usually upper executive) specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits.but more recently the term has been used to describe perceived excessive CFO (and other executives) severance packages unrelated to change in ownership (also known as agolden handshake).The benefits may include severance pay, cash bonuses, stock options, or other benefits.

paradiso(Dante)

Paradiso (Italian for "Paradise" or "Heaven") is the third and final part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and the Purgatorio. In the poem, Paradise is depicted as a series of concentric spheres surrounding the Earth, consisting of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Fixed Stars, the Primum Mobile and finally, the Empyrean. It was written in the early 14th century. Allegorically, the poem represents the soul's ascent to God.

Satan犯了hubris 罪，被關進最下階
seven deadly sin

The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a Western religious grouping and classification of vices.

5Wrath 憤怒,報復/hatred/anger

6Envy 嫉妒

7Pride 驕傲 /hubris

“ly” used as adjective:lovely,friendly,elderly,cowardly,deadly
The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集

The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of 24 stories. In 1386 Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of Peace and then three years later in 1389 Clerk of the King's work. It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury Tales. The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from London to Canterbury in order to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return. Chaucer's intention was to write two stories from the perspective of each pilgrim on the way to and from their ultimate destination, St. Thomas Becket's shrine. Although perhaps incomplete, The Canterbury Tales is revered as one of the most important works in English literature. Not only do readers from all time frames find it entertaining, but also it is a work that is open to a range of interpretations.

Inferno(Dante)

Inferno(Brown novel)

Inferno is a 2013 mystery thriller novel by American author Dan Brown and the fourth book in his Robert Langdon series, followingAngels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol.The book was released on May 14, 2013 by Doubleday. It was number one on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover fiction and Combined Print & E-book fiction for the first eleven weeks of its release, and also remained on the list of E-book fiction for the first seventeen weeks of its release.

inferno means hell.

40 years means a period of tragedy

for example: 摩西渡紅海，基督受難40天，下雨40天

麥田捕手: Life is a game
聖嚴法師: 面對他，接受他，處理他，放下他。

Burning Bush

The burning bush is an object described by the Book of Exodus [3:1–4:17] as being located on Mount Horeb. According to the narrative, the bush was on fire, but was not consumed by the flames, hence the name. In the biblical narrative, the burning bush is the location at which Moses was appointed by Yahweh (God) to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and intoCanaan.

The Hebrew word used in the narrative, that is translated into English as bush, is seneh (סנה), which refers in particular tobrambles; seneh is a biblical dis legomenon, only appearing in two places, both of which describe the burning bush. It is possible that the reference to a burning bush is based on a mistaken interpretation of Sinai (סיני), a mountain described by the Bible as being on fire. Another possibility is that the use of seneh (סנה) may be a deliberate pun on Sinai (סיני), a feature common in Yahwistic texts.

世界三大博物館: Louvre羅浮宮+Hermitage Museum冬宮博物館+British Museum大英博物館

1.Louvre 法國巴黎塞納河邊

2.Hermitage Museum 俄羅斯聖彼得堡

3.British Museum 英國倫敦

猶太人(教)慶祝passover(逾越節)

Passover or Pesach is an important, biblicallyderived Jewish festival. The Jewish people celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their liberation by God from slavery in Egyptand their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses. It commemorates the story of the Exodus as described in the Hebrew Bible especially in the Book of Exodus, in which the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. According to standard biblical chronology, this event would have taken place at about 1300 BCE (AM 2450).

Passover commences on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Nisan and lasts for either seven days (in Israel) and for Reform Jews and other progressive Jews around the world who adhere to the Biblical commandment or eight days for Orthodox,Hasidic, and most Conservative Jews (in the diaspora). In Judaism, a day commences at dusk and lasts until the following dusk, thus the first day of Passover only begins after dusk of the 14th of Nisan and ends at dusk of the 15th day of the month of Nisan. The rituals unique to the Passover celebrations commence with the Passover Seder when the 15th of Nisan has begun. In the Northern HemispherePassover takes place in spring as the Torah prescribes it: "in the month of [the] spring" (בחדש האביב Exodus 23:15). It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.