肖沃尔特并不想通过这个令人不安寓言来阐释道德和法律上的难题，她是想用这个故事作类比，对文学界的固有看法提出质疑。

Ms Showalter does not attempt to unravel the intractable moral and legal conundrums raised by this unsettling parable, but she USES it as a metaphor to ask questions about literary judgment.

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肖沃尔特并不想通过这个令人不安寓言来阐释道德和法律上的难题，她是想用这个故事作类比，对文学界的固有看法提出质疑。

Ms Showalter does not attempt to unravel the intractable moral and legal conundrums raised by this unsettling parable, but she USES it as a metaphor to ask questions about literary judgment.

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