【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 etrayed by his Wife has been captured by the philistines, had his hair, the container of his strength, cut off and his eyes cut out. On a Festival day, Philistins proclaimed a Feast as a day of Thanksgiving for these deliverance from the hands of Samson, which yet more troubles him. At this time, his father Manoa persuades him to bee reconciled, his wife confesses her sins to him, and Harapha menaces and insults him. All of those explode his fight spirit. When the enemies menace to play or show his strength in these presence, he shook the pillar of the hall and made the hall collapsed. So all of them died together. Another typical example of the Bibles influence on English literature can be found from John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress. Bunyan wrote his piece in prison. Apart from the Bible, he almost had no other education. In the introduction of the book, the author said: I am not afraid of the Bible. Its style and wise proverbs can overwhelm smart, it is full of these things hidden characters and analogy. However, the book is full of glory and light, so that we can change the darkest night into tomorrow. “, “I concealed it using vague words to contain the truth, just like treasure box contains gold . Indeed, the good readers will understand the real intention of the author by hidden vague words and the language style of the Bible. In the book, there are Devil Sir”, Lust Sir, Luxury Sir , Loving Vanity Sir, Old Lust Sir, Greedy Sir, and so on, isnt it the true portrayal of aristocracys extravagance, dissipation, and corruption?Many important figures of Bible are mentioned in The Pilgrims Progress such as Abraham, Jacob, Eno, Moses, David and Goliath, Joseph, Solomon, Samson, Absalom, Satan, Jesus, Judas, etc.The author quoted from the Bible more than 280 sentences directly or indirectly. As for the stories from the Bible can be seen everywhere in this book. Such as Lots wife became a pillar of salt , to sell the eldest sons status only for a bowl of red bean soup and the pond near the door of Hesston.John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrims Progress from the Bible not to allow people to abide by the Bible or rush to the paradise, but to use the Bibles stories to satirize the revival of the dynastys debauchery, the sexually immoral society, with its biblical glory to make the darkest night into tomorrow. Using the symbolic meaning of the BibleAuthors often quote the symbolic meaning of the Bible to make readers accept their works easily. This method is more obscure than the former onequoting the names of the Bible directly as the names of their works. This method can make the Bible exert a great setoff influence. Take William Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice as an example. In the first scene the fourth act, Portia who disguised herself as a man appeared as a lawyer and pretended to refute the requirements by Bassanio. This made the fierce Shylock who was under the hostile atmosphere feel gratified. He cant help shouting “A Daniel e to judgments yea, a Daniel! O wise young judge, how I do honor thee!”[2] Here, “Daniel” is an allusion from the Bible. The Old Testament says that Daniels talent was extraordinary. One time, two evildoers teased a woman when she was getting a bath, the woman refused, then the two men falsely accused the women. The court believed them and sentenced the woman to death. Daniel came in time and interrogated them separately. The two men made many mistakes. Finally the woman was set free. Because of his stories, Daniel became widely accepted as the symbol of a wise and fair judge, and this symbolic meaning was what “Daniel” conveyed in Shylocks shout. Seeing the iceberg floating on the sea, we find that the tip above the water is only a small part of it. The relationship between the Bible and British literature is just like that between iceberg and the tip. Sometimes a sentence, a poem line, even a word has something to do with the Bible. The feeling is stronger when reading William Blakes poem. One of the poems in the collections Songs of Innocence, which he wrote for childrenLamb describes a hairy happy lamb. It sometimes drinks along streams, sometimes eats grasses over the mead. Its tender voices bring happiness to the gorge. The poet cant help asking the lamb: “Little lamb, who made thee?”[3], then the poet seems saying some natures mystery that “a man had the same name as you. He was meek and mild, and once he became a child” [4] “We are called by his name”[5], “The Gods sheep” in the new Testament is Jesus. John who gave baptism said that “He is the Gods sheep, and he came to save man.” Jesus was the Gods son and was sent to the earth by the Gods will. The Virgin Mary was pregnant without a marriage. Then Jesus changed and became her son. So it is said that Once he became a child [6]. And the New Testament records clearly Jesus tenderness and modesty. Thus, to appreciate Blakes so short poem, we should read the Bible before.Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre has also used some symbolic meanings of the Bible to make the work have a strong artistic effect. For example, Mrs. Rochester is pared to Samson. The secrets of them were both hid in their hair. When Jane Eyre came into Ferndean, the appearance of Rochester had also changed: “That looked desperate and brooding that reminded me of some wronged and fettered wild beast or bird, dangerous to approach in his sullen woe. The caged eagle, whose goldrin