There is something insidious and culturally malicious and powerful about the social conservatism of what is thought to be his voice.

人们认为弥尔顿宣扬的是社会保守主义,社会保守主义中有种隐藏的，文化上有害且强大的因素。

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Milton opens up a shady space for something approaching a kind of moral relativism where black and white theological categories simply don't apply.

弥尔顿为接近道德上的相对主义,即黑和白之间的区分已经无法简单的适用,开创了先河。

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While Milton decided against writing an explicitly political nationalist poem, he did see himself as writing a poem that performed some kind of political function.

尽管弥尔顿决定要写的不是,有政治性的民族主义诗歌，他也让这首诗,发挥了一定政治作用。

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