It illustrates Satan's self-destruction even as the main narrative of the simile portrays Satan's heroism.

这个故事讲述了撒旦的自我毁灭,尽管它也描述了撒旦的英雄主义。

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Satan has roused himself from off the burning marl, and he stands in order to call up his fallen minions, to rouse them to acts- great acts of heroism.

撒旦已经从灰土中站起身，召唤着他同样堕落了的随从们，唤醒他们实现英雄之举。

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It is clearly connected this notion of spiritedness or this thumotic quality to our capacities for heroism and for self-sacrifice.

这样定义的意志,或说，Thumos，特质,明显地与我们追求英雄主义及献身有关连。

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