【正确答案】：
1.THE THEME IS THE "FALL OF MAN'' I. E. MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE AND THE LOSS OF PARADISE, WITH ITS PRIME CAUSE—SATAN. IN HEAVEN, SATAN LED A REBELLION AGAINST GOD. DEFEATED, HE AND HIS REBEL ANGELS WERE CAST INTO HELL. HOWEVER, SATAN REFUSED TO ACCEPT HIS FAILURE, VOWING THAT “ALL WAS NOT LOST” AND THAT HE WOULD SEEK REVENGE FOR HIS DOWNFALL.
2.MILTON WROTE PARADISE LOST, INTENDING TO EXPOSE THE WAYS OF SATAN AND TO JUSTIFY THE WAYS OF GOD TO MEN. AT THE CENTER OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HUMAN LOVE AND SPIRITUAL DUTY LIES MILTON'S FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN WITH FREEDOM AND CHOICE; THE FREEDOM TO SUBMIT TO GOD'S PROHIBITION AND THE CHOICE OF DISOBEDIENCE MADE FOR LOVE. MILTON RAISES THE PROBLEM OF THE EVIL IN A MORE INTRACTABLE FORM. MILTON HELD THAT GOD CREATED ALL THINGS OUT OF HIMSELF, INCLUDING EVIL. THERE WAS EVIL IN HEAVEN BEFORE SATAN REBELLED.
3.HIS POEM ATTEMPTS TO CONVINCE US THAT AN ALL-KNOWING GOD WAS JUST IN ALLOWING ADAM AND EVE TO BE TEMPTED AND OF THEIR FREE WILL, TO CHOOSE SIN AND ITS INEVITABLE PUNISHMENT. 
【题目解析】：本题考查的是《失乐园》的作品主题，作者的思想引喻和作品的现实影响。建议以作品内容为起点分析主题，进而选取其中的内容细节对应于现实含义，最后总结陈述作者意图通过作品内容带给我们的思考。1. 主题是“人类的沉沦”，即由于最根本原因——撒旦的引诱，人类违背了上帝的旨意，而失去了天堂乐园。在天堂，撒旦发动了反上帝的暴动，却被打败了，此后他和他的手下的反叛天使被打入地狱。然而撒旦死不认输，发誓“一切还可挽回”，并迟早要东山再起，前来复仇。2.弥尔顿在《失乐园》的创作中，意欲揭露撒旦的行为，并为上帝对人类的惩罚辩护。在人类爱情和精神道德义务之间的矛盾中展示了弥尔顿对自由与抉择的关心：屈从于上帝禁吃智慧果的命令以及对因爱情而叛逆的选择。弥尔顿提出了一个更为棘手的罪恶问题。弥尔顿认为上帝创造了万物，包括邪恶。撒旦反叛之前，天堂里就存在邪恶。3.他的诗试图让我们相信，掌握天机的上帝是公正的，他允许亚当与夏娃受到引诱，并让他们自主选择罪恶与不可避免的惩罚。