But these virtues, however great, I think, are also associated in the mask with the Lady's petrifaction, her fixation on the seat that Comus has fashioned for her.

但是我认为，无论美德是多么高尚，也是与女士在《面具》中的目瞪口呆，以及科玛斯为其设计的固定座椅相联系的。

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But first we need to establish a few things about the occasion for this piece and about the genre, the literary genre of the mask in general.

但首先我们必须建立一些,关于此作品与流派，一般文学体裁《面具》的场合。

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Now the theatrical form of the mask differs in a number of ways from the more familiar dramatic form of the play, with which we're all obviously much more comfortable with.

现在面具的表演形式,与我们更熟悉更适应的戏剧表演形式，在很多地方相差很远。

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So Milton wrote this mask with a specific cast and a specific audience in mind.

所以弥尔顿在写《面具》时,心里已经有了特定的演员与观众。

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I think we could make some estimation of its significance if we juxtapose it with Comus since The Mask attempts to tackle, in a much more expanded form, so many of the same issues.

我认为我们可以评估一下它的重要意义,如果我们将它与《科玛斯》并列，因为《面具》试图，以扩大许多的形式去处理许多相同的事件。

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