He decides to do this, even if God punishes him.

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With the abhorred shears she cruelly punishes the virgin poet for his failure on the one hand to use the sexual body that God has endowed him with, but you also have the image here of the poet's death.

她用剪刀残忍了惩罚了未失童真的诗人,一方面因为他没能利用上帝赋予他的,性的肉体，但这里也有诗人死亡的形象。

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He punishes the perpetrators, he has a few choice words for Aaron.

他惩罚了做坏事的人，对亚伦也责备了几句。

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