It's possible that he genuinely didn't know what to do, that he wasn't smart enough to understand that he needed to point to the other one.

有可能他是真的不知道该做些什么,他还不够聪明,无法理解他需要指向另一个物体

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And so it's an understandable ploy on Milton's part that he needs to vilify Shakespeare by identifying that great poet, his older contemporary, with Comus.

所以就弥尔顿而言，是一个可理解的事,他需要通过认同那伟大的诗句来贬低莎士比亚，用Comus来压倒比他年纪较大的同时代人。

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