To so many readers it has seemed that Eve is actually quoting Milton's much earlier writing, Areopagitica, in her defense, and it has an incredibly unsettling effect. Evil has to be challenged.

对于很多读者，这似乎是夏娃引用弥尔顿,早期的作品《论出版自由》为自己辩护，这又造成了极大的混乱的影响，恶在这里被挑战了。

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