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Trifles' by Susan Glaspell Literature Essay

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John got strangled in his sleep and Minnie is held as a suspect in jail (Glaspell 3). The play’s title provides a clue to its main theme. The play provides a look at the perceived role and place of the woman in society at the time.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Watson Literature Essay

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In the book, the author has used various literary styles to bring about characterization. In this essay, the character chosen and analyzed for characterization in respect to the books provided is Doctor Watson.

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Puritanism in Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Literature Book Report/Review

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Hester Prynne faced the consequences of her deed with dignity; she continued living and changed her reputation by her behavior. Categorical laws of Puritans made Hester and Pearl suffer; however, they developed their personalities and became strong. They followed Puritanism in their personal interpretation where their sins were pardonable.

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Inequality between the Rich and the Poor: Hunger Games Literature Essay

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The paper has exposed me to the challenges that the poor faces under the hands of the rich class. The most favorite part of my paper is the way the poor viewed the competition as death while the rich are aware they will win. The paper improves my analytical skills and my writing goals are to get more skills also in critical analysis.

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Magic as Metaphors for the Imagination and Creativity of Children in Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone Literature Research Paper

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Apart from creativity, magic in Harry Potter stands as a metaphor for empowerment, and this is one of the health benefits of reading about magical worlds, the ability to feel powerful in dealing with changes and setbacks in life. Magic gives power literally to wizards, but it is not power without responsibility and reasonability.

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American Literature Literature Essay

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A careful analysis of the diction throughout this description reveals the American fallacy of almost obsessive attention to material possessions. It is clear that Henry David Thoreau attempts to make that connection in his writing. He clearly depicts the clash of American Dream and the greed, slavery in which the government becomes greedy.

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Self-awareness and Practicing the Buddha's Way Literature Assignment

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It is such distraction that he noted that creates suffering. Wu and Antony (Cap. 13-) narrates Xuangzang’s ordeal during the journey to India to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from

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The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Literature Essay

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As the essay stresses anticipating this composition’s main message it will be stated as an outline that “Happy life of F. M.” accomplishes completely and with a great success its purpose as a modernist realistic fiction story. “Happy life of F. M.” depicts a couple days that married couple spends on their safari vacation somewhere in Africa.

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Harriet Jacobs and Linda Brent Literature Book Report/Review

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The character of Linda Brent (that is the author herself) cannot be analyzed the same way one would analyze a character in a play. Yet, the polemic of the novel often distorts our perception of the heroine, driving the focuses from the multidimensional nature of a really existing human being to her reactions to the conditions of her slave life.

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Freedom and Equality in the Poems of the 1930s Literature Book Report/Review

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In "A Twentieth-Century Literature Reader: Texts and Debates" by Suman Gupta, Virginia Woolf is quoted to have said that the poets of the 1930s “feel compelled to preach, if not by their living, at least by their writing, the creation of a society in which everyone is equal and everyone is free. It explains the pedagogic, the didactic, the loud-speaker strain that dominates their poetry.”

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Realism and Violence in Uncle Toms Children Literature Essay

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The author states that to realistically portray his characters, Wright replicated the vernacular that they would have spoken. For instance, when the character Big Boy from “Big Boy Leaves Home” is thinking to himself about what to do in his situation, it is presented to us in the way that he would actually speak it out loud.

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Comparison between Shakespeare and Labute Literature Essay

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The country was dealing with the assassination of a president. The country was fighting an unpopular war. The country was also dealing with the sexual revolution. Author Shakespeare was born in and lived in England..

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Wallace Thurman Literature Essay

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The author states that Invention and experimentation in Thurman’s works take a form of intratextuality and subtle meanings, which cannot be understood unless readers are willing to read between the lines and are prepared to reread Thurman’s texts again and again. Like all humanities, literature is about creativity and experimentation.

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The Moral of The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain Literature Assignment

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Throughout the book, Tom and Edward are continually presumed to be mad because their claims to their identities do not match with who they appear to be. Twain warns against judging on the basis of someone’s exterior by demonstrating the potentially dangerous and unjust consequences of such prejudice. The most obvious example is the central plot: by changing clothes, Tom unrightfully becomes king and Edward suffers much unfair punishment from John Canty and the general public.

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Stuarts Poem The Orchard Literature Essay

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Goals and objectives refer to the achievable aims or targets to be attained. I have been able to set my own goals and objectives which I have successfully achieved. My main goal is to improve my self-confidence and self-esteem. This self-esteem and confidence can be referred to as the feeling of pride in yourself and self-assuredness in a person’s ability, power and personal judgment.

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Dramatic irony manifest Literature Essay

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In the story “Blind Man,” it is dramatic irony when Isabel avows all the time stability and contentment in their marriage while we recognize they have been experiencing a lot of disgruntlement in their marriage. They pretend to be happy such that even Bertie does not realize the unhappiness between them.

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Jorge Luis Borges and his Great Love for Argentina Literature Article

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As Alberto Julian Perez writes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Borges was a man who had the unique ability to combine “literary and extraliterary genres in order to create a dynamic, electric genre.” This author's ability proved pivotal not only for Argentina’s literature but also had a significant impact on world literature, specifically on that of America. Words: 58 Characters: 369

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Harlem Renaissance Poets Literature Assignment

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This essay focuses on two works, which include white things by Anne Bethel Spencer besides heritage by Countee Cullen. Harlem's period presents such poets as Anne Bethel Spencer, who employed most of her time into composing poems that shunned racism besides exploitation rendered to African Americans.

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Love Experienced by Young People in Love Poem Literature Essay

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Despite the differences characters had, the chemistry between them ignited the love they had for each other and kept that flame of love burning. They were driven by their instinct like animals and were willing to show off their love. It was a passionate kind of love they shared as young and carefree people.

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Comparison between Mores Utopia and Montesquieus Persian Letters Literature Essay

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While the genre is significantly characterized by journeys, the forms of writing range from letters, maps, instructions, narrations and diaries. The main theme in travel literature is the ‘travel element’. This paper will contrast and compare two travel kinds of literature; More’s Utopia and Montesquieu’s Persian Letters.

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World Literature 1 Literature Essay

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Do not use any outside sources for this essay exam. All of the content should be your own ideas supported by specific evidence from our readings. Any student using any information from a source other than the textbook and class notes will receive

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Article critique Literature Book Report/Review

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These are craft-work, popular culture and gender. The article focuses on: production spaces particularly because they are gendered. The link between the new and old technology or ways in which tactile combines with digital and

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Existential Motifs in Medieval Poetry: Insights on Therapeutic Practice from Dante's Divine Comedy Literature Essay

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I will focus on the aspect of existentialism relative to the notion of the novels “Inferno” and “No exit” as put forth by the above-mentioned writers. This is to imply that the things human beings do towards their fellow men can be compared to hell. Subsequently, there may be a fictitious place that is referred to as hell- where the human mind and soul may visit and be punished eternally.

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Neo-Confucianism and Early Confucianism Literature Essay

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Developmental thinking in the religious approaches of the civilized communities has evolved new ideologies and formulated specific models for spiritual life. Confucianism is one of such derivations of the many religious principles in the ancient world which conglomerated the ethical values and philosophical teachings necessary for a systematic lifestyle.

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The Things They Carried by Tim OBrien Literature Book Report/Review

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The author states that the title of the story illustrates effective writing techniques. The expectation of great literary styles is adequately addressed, because of the verisimilitude writing concept. Verisimilitude combines factual and fictional characteristics. The facts are real occurrences.

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Literature, Everyday Use by Alice Walker Literature Essay

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Most of the historical records that were accessed from the narrators themselves are very much biased and never place the narrator on the wrong thus Mama was not an exception for this case but rather just had to abide. She might have hated Dee from childhood and kept on the spirits with the hatred intensifying on every move that Dee took.

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Analysis of The Target Literature Essay

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The soldiers’ mother could not find any sleep, as she had no peace fearing that his son might be shot in the war and die. The soldier even goes ahead and wishes that it was better that he dies as this will ease the fears in his/their mother. After shooting that boy, thoughts about his actions start hitting his mind. He/she starts thinking what if that boy was the only son in his family.

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An Assurance of Love in the Autumn of Life Literature Essay

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The author of the essay states that the poem starts out with a beautiful but melancholy description of Autumn – a season of the falling of yellow leaves – few or none at all. The scene is made more dismal with the absence of the sweet songbirds that have perhaps flown away or perished due to the cold.

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Tragic themes in Macbeth, Hamlet, and Oedipus Rex Literature Literature review

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The theme of tragedy has been a favorite with all playwrights through the ages and nothing asserts this more than the works of Shakespeare and Sophocles. In the plays of Hamlet, Macbeth, and Oedipus Rex, the pathos is overwhelming. The sense of fate and the protagonists leading themselves towards its inevitability is the common note in all these works.

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The Persian Letters Literature Essay

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In Letter 17, Usbek had asked Mollah Mehemet Ali, Guardian of The Three Tombs at Koum, to clarify his doubts regarding this subject. He has asked, “whence comes it that our Lawgiver forbids the use of swine flesh…why are we forbidden to touch a corpse and why for the purification of our souls is this endless washing of the body ordained?”

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The Picture of Dorian Gray Literature Literature review

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This essay discusses the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. The basic theme of this novel is the portrait ages of Dorian Gray, who is a juvenile and attractive person. Dorian Gray had two acquaintances i.e. dandy Lord Henry, an educational friend and Basil Hall ward, a painter. Basil was more encouraged to create a painting of Dorian.

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Analysis Research paper of Edgar allen poe's cask of amontillado Literature Essay

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The story is of an intricate design, told by the use of a fanciful language and set in an underground Italian cemetery. Suffice to say, the Cask of Amontillado is a journey into the strange and sinister recesses of the human mind. Montresor, who holds a grudge against

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Characteristics of Slave Narratives ( African American Literature) Literature Essay

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The author states that the novel develops itself from the very birth of the African American slave daughters. The family is broken up as Clotel is purchased by a white man, Horatio Green, and her mother and sister are sold off to a slave gang. The novel depicts that the triad is sold off time and again without respite depending on the circumstances.

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Summary and analysis Literature Essay

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She is however not amused by authors style and character development where both the protagonist and antagonist possess strikingly similar traits. She is of the view that the plot is

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The Heart of Enlightenment and Source of Relief by Benjamin Franklin Literature Essay

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enjamin Franklin’s teachings in “The Way to Wealth” chiefly speak about the essence of industry and frugality which Franklin claims to be a combined virtue that could alleviate common people from the state of poverty or misery at the time. The work consists of instructions

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Pa Chin's Family Literature Book Report/Review

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It is a fictitious novel but the grounds of it are deeply rooted in the true way of life and how modernization was kept at a hesitant second in order to keep the old ways of living in the Chinese society at that time. Pa Chin, throughout the novel, has shown a stronghold of the subject that could often confuse the reader whether the story was just a tale or had some works of facts in it as well.

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The Comparison of Old Man and the Sea and Top Girls Literature Article

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Lady Isabella Birdin Top Girl is a woman who is determined to achieve her goals in life. She goes against all odds and, the male chauvinism in the society at the time to ensure that she travels the world. Her spirit is of the iron lady and can only be compared to Santiago's determination to go out and fish but, not his spirit.

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A Poem Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Owen Literature Research Paper

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The most traumatizing occurrence of the war is when Owen’s colleagues are killed after they inhale gases thrown at them by their opponents. Not all the soldiers had time to wear their gas masks to avoid the suffocating effects of the gas. Owen hopes to convince the audience about the negative effects of the war, hoping to change their mind.

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Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Literature Essay

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Each literary movement and creative method was called to live not only by a certain aesthetic background but also by a social and political environment in a society that brought a man up. Realism, in the wide sense, means the ability of art to reflect reality faithfully. In fact, throughout world literature as a process, we can clearly and consistently trace the movement towards Realism.

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Revenge Tragedies as Presented in Titus Andronicus and the Duchess of Malfi Literature Essay

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Revenge is usually carried out for the loss of a loved one. These plays were written to ride on the success of Thomas Kyd’s ‘Spanish Tragedy’ that was published in 1539. Revenge and butchery were prevalent throughout the Elizabethan era in the 16th and 17th centuries. While most plays in this time period had one run at the theatre, all the plays that had revenge and butchery themes enjoyed multiple theatres run.

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Analysis of Works of Literature Jesus Loves Me by Eli Evans and Zaabalawi by Naguib Mahfouz Literature Essay

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The society has caused the two main characters in the two stories much confusion in life, since the characters are searching for the essence and meaning of life through others when it is too late, having been encouraged by the society to live as separate people, yet in the end they find the world interconnected.

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Death and Stars in Romeo and Juliet Literature Book Report/Review

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The romance of Romeo and Juliet is not the tale of two people whose longing to be together is hindered by a “greater power than we contradict”. Instead, it is the tale of two persons who dynamically assert their unique persona, their own liberty, in the sole way that they know of and can, by means of each other.

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Life is A Dream by Calderon de la Barca Literature Essay

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This exceptional masterpiece shows to what extent peoples behavior depends on their personality and values. Being one of the most famous Spanish poets, Calderon writes about the life of a prince who overcomes his desire

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Sense and Sensibility Literature Admission/Application Essay

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The sense and sensibility of the English literature lead to the assessment and evaluation of articles. The first article evaluated in this paper is ‘Hailing the Alienated Spectator.’ Cause-and-effect coursework is among the most fascinating writing ventures that learners tackle in institutions and proficient life.

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Literary Analysis Literature Coursework

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His heroism is based on his loyalty and chivalry to the emperor (Sale, 1993). As such, he duly serves the emperor and motivates others to work towards achieving the commands put forward by the emperor. In his words to Oliver, Roland

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Housing Boom in China Literature Essay

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In today's Chinese economic structure, material matters were not exactly so vital when past eras courted. Most Chinese were living in poverty. The property belonged to the state and homes were doled out through a singular work unit. At the point when China was more agrarian, relational unions were normally masterminded.

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Similarities and Contrast between Jay Gatsby and Amory Blaine Literature Essay

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The Great Gatsby is movie written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film incorporates several characters dwelling in an imaginary city, West Egg, during the 1922’s summer. The story mostly revolves around the main character, Jay Gatsby, who was young but wealthy. He had, however, made his wealthy mysteriously and hence a lot of controversy arose.

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Learning from The Learning Organization Literature Essay

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Bob Garrett proposed theories for changing the organizational structure which was a new idea at that time and outlines reasons for the need and methods for its implementation in this book.

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The Discussion of Works and Days and the Theogony by Hesiod Literature Essay

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Hesiod created Works and Days and the Theogony. He divided Works and Days into five ages; the Golden age, Silver age, Bronze Age, Heroic Age and the Iron Age. The literary work talked about the pagan ethics, eulogizes hard work and details the lucky and unlucky days of the month for different activities

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Aesthetic Analysis of English Metaphors Literature Research Paper

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The author states that Kate Chopin was intimately familiar with her audience, and used metaphors and similes to imply character, and to govern the mood and emotional content of her stories. She uses the cultural content within the imagery to communicate on a much deeper level than mere words. The reader of Chopin’s knew the dangers of mist.

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