Perhaps the significance of the influence consists mainly in the implication that Frost thought of the development of American national character in terms of the Faust myth.

也许戏剧影响诗的意义主要在于暗示到：佛洛斯特认为美国国家的特性有点像是浮士德的神话。

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Race has functioned as something necessary to the construction of American character and quality in the creation of our national identity—American has been defined as "white".

在创造我们民族身份的过程中，种族对于美国人性格和品质的塑造起了至关重要的作用——美国人被定义为“白人”。

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There is a long tradition of constructing national identity and images in the history of American literature with "American Creed" as the core of American character.

美国文学具有建构民族特性和国家形象的传统，而“美国信念”则是美国特性的核心因素。

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It says at least as much about the American national character as "The Glass Menagerie" or "Our Town, " and deserves to be seen at least as often as those two classics especially when it's done like this.

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