For me the absolutely shocking fact of this simile ] is that its primary purpose is merely to describe the number of angels who are prostrate on the burning lake of hell.

为了他们悲惨的境遇黯然神伤,对我来说，这个比喻令人震惊的事实,是它最初的目的只不过,是为了描述葬身于地狱火海的天使的数量之多。

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It also provides Milton with the figure of Mammon who will, as you will see over the course of this semester become - well, here in Paradise Lost he's one of the key fallen angels in Milton's hell.

它也为弥尔顿提供了贪欲之神这一形象，正如在本学期这一门课中你们将始终看到的，贪欲之神,在《失乐园》中会变成,弥尔顿地狱中主要的堕落天使之一。

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