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Themes of The Storm by Kate Chopin Literature Essay
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In this short story based on five-parts, the narrative structure of the plot permits Chopin to portray varying viewpoints on particular circumstances as a way of signifying that “actuality” is, at best, comparative. The situation is easy and simple enough: the husband of Calixta, Bobinot, and her son, Bibi, are in city when a storm strikes.
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Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Literature Essay
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It is necessary to take into consideration the fact that Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic written by Alison Bechdel is a sample of book where the author manages to make both story and its format attract the reader’s attention at once.
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Kerouac, Rimbaud, Blake and Whitman: A Rejection of Pre-Modern Ideals Literature Essay
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Kerouac, Rimbaud, Whitman, and Blake all resist conventionality, making their writing new and interesting. They write about concepts that are in opposition to the dominant bourgeois ideals of their time, making them influential to counter cultural movements for the rest of the twentieth century and beyond.
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A Long Way Gone and Sizwe's Test Literature Assignment
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Both the stories take us to Africa, to war-ravaged Sierra Leone in one book and a degenerate South African slum in the other. Both have been international successes, attracting significant attention in the press and reaping commercial benefits to the author and the cause. More importantly, each of them has revealed an as yet undiscovered face to the causes that they explore.
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Poe Philoshophy of Composition. The Pit and the Pendulum, and A Predicament Literature Essay
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It is clear that Edgar Allen Poe intends that his short stories, “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “A Predicament” affect his reader directly and powerfully. The responses he wants from the reader, however, differ significantly and therefore the stories are expected to be differently structured, and to use very different tactics to manipulate the readers’ responses.
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The Evolution of Nationhood in Brazilian Literature Literature Essay
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The bailiff, or meirinho, was little more than a non-salaried errand runner, an appointee who was most often to be found hanging around a street corner or tavern waiting to serve some writ or citation (Ibid). It is a lifestyle that fits well with Leonardo-Pataca’s indolent nature, a responsibility that didn’t impart or require much responsibility. 
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Literary Analysis on Poem Phenomenal Woman Literature Essay
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This poem is a musical orchestra. Ask me to construct a sentence using three words in appreciation of this poem. They are ‘good, better and best. If this poem is the rose, Maya Angelou’s experience is like the petals. Collectively they spread fragrance that thrills the reader. This poem reveals her character and attitude towards life.
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Poetic Creation for Shelley and Eliot Literature Essay
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For Eliot poetry is the means for truth reflection of seeking of truth. Poetry is not much about emotions; it is much about reflections of personality, of its inner reaction and reflections, feelings and in-depth thoughts. This essay is focused on two great poets’ developments about poetic creation.
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Individualism and Society in Lady Windermeres Fan by Oscar Wilde Literature Essay
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Lady Windermere’s Fan is an impressive piece of work as it speaks to the influencers of people’s characters and thought processes. Society is a key determinant of people’s actions in Victorian society, but Wilde uses certain characters to show that society does not necessarily have to hold one captive as one can exercise his/her individual identity.
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Langston Hughes - A Remarkable Poet of the Twentieth Century Literature Research Paper
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Langston Hughes was a remarkable, novelist, columnist, playwright and a social activist of the twentieth century. Hughes was, undoubtedly, a Negro Artist who presented a true picture of “low-life” the black race was subjected to live. Tracy describes Hughes as a persistent and the most wide-ranging writer among the African-Americans.
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Jane Austen and the Assessment of Men Literature Research Paper
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The first sentence in Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen reads “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (Austin 1). This assessment of men and their needs begins the novel in such a way as to set up a thesis for the direction of the story within the novel.
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Oedipus the King and Fences Literature Essay
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Unlike the usual categorization of what a tragic play means, Sophocles did not have his own static and permanent “blueprint” for what tragedy must be on stage.
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Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven Literature Essay
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The paper tells that the character of the raven in the poem is highly effective in that it forebodes ill omen, evil, and death, which matches the mood and tone of the poem; the black feathers of the raven have traditionally been associated with bad luck or ill omen. This serves to highlight the narrator’s agonizing predicament, “there is no balm in glead”.
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Alice Walkers The Color Purple Literature Research Paper
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“The Color Purple,” is one of the sterling literary works of Alice Walker and a critically acclaimed book. It depicts the tough life of a young African-American woman in South America in the early part of the twentieth century. The novel explores the individual identity of African-American women.
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Religion themes in Dantes Inferno and Buddha's instruction texts Literature Essay
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In the two texts, the poets assume protagonists’ positions of their respective works. Their role besides relaying the core information entails developing the works’ plots. Since, instead of giving tale of what will happen or happened; they are the key players whereby their souls are undergoing tests meant to merit eternal contentment (IATH & UOV, n.d).
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Is Architecture the Museum Literature Essay
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Architects are the other group of people to whom the museums and their importance are related. Architecture is one of the most important aspects of a museum and thus there are special architects that contribute to the museums and their buildings. This has been coming on for hundreds of years when the museums had started to exist.
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Literary analysis on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Literature Essay
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When making a management criticism, one studies the various major events that take place in a literary work and their consequences. The decisions that are made by the main characters are analyzed according to the results that come about because of them.
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Foolishness and The Great Gatsby Literature Essay
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While it is certainly true that, in Fitzgerald's novel, everybody was foolish, except for Nick – Tom was foolish because he was living a lie, in that he was married to Daisy, but clearly didn't love her; Gatsby was foolish, because he believed that if he only amassed wealth that he could have Daisy - it was the women who were the most foolish.
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Hemmingway and O'Connor Literature Essay
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The essence of the Roaring Twenties is impliedly depicted in Hemmingway’s short story despite the lack of details which is typical of the author’s works. It was during this era that men and women had undergone drastic changes since the onset of the 1920s promised freedom and modernization which was then equated to living a care-free life.
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Analysis of Praying for Sheetrock by Mellissa Fay Greene Literature Book Report/Review
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The black residents in the county of McIntosh during the 1970s lived in an era where they were not able to get basic amenities were uneducated and the highest population was unemployed. Melissa gives the insight of the people living in this county and this gives the reader a glimpse into the thinking of the people living in the civil movement era.
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Drama as a Form of Prose Compositions Literature Essay
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Drama is a composition of prose telling a short story and intended for presentation by actors on stage to a specific audience. Unlike other forms of prose compositions, drama requires effective writing skills, which incorporate the theatrical practicality necessary in the performance of such stories.
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Biography of Percy Shelley Literature Research Paper
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The whole life of this great poet was casted by the clouds of several events affecting his work and writings. His free-love life, failure of first marriage, introduction of a side affair and children’s deaths, all left a mark on his poems and writings.
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Analysis of Character of Walter Lee younger Literature Assignment
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Walter lee younger sometimes called brother is thirty five years old. He is obsessive, loving, determined and have full energy dreams. He is African American. He is the only son of his mother and his father had died. He has one younger sister.
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Analysis of Book Montana 1984 by Larry Watson Literature Essay
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The beauty of the novel is that despite such grave family conditions, all main characters still manage to hold on to their courage because they have a remarkable sense of self-awareness. They have a tendency of using self-actualization to process their feelings and stay at the surface by perceiving things as they really are.
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Edith Wharton The summer and Scott Fitzgeralds Tender is the Night Literature Term Paper
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The stories by the authors Edith Wharton “The summer” and Scott Fitzgeralds “Tender is the Night” have clearly expressed the radical changes of women in their short stories. The Edith Wharton’s novel the summer is a story revealing the coming of age of a young woman.
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The Hours by M. Cunningham Literature Essay
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The novel talks about a day of the lives of three women. It is made up of three separate narratives, one for each woman. Virginia Woolf is one of the women talked about and she is writing Mrs Dalloway (Ehlen, 2013).
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The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Literature Essay
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Name Tutor Course Date The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Briefly, the Invisible Man is a story about an invisible scientist who devotes himself in discovering the concept of invisibility and this alienates him from other members of the society. The novel starts with a stranger arriving at a town called Iping and he does not get along with the villagers or members of this town, and so, he spends most of his time engaging something scientific in his room.
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Power and Conquest as a Means to Fulfillment: The Red Badge of Courage vs. Their Eyes Were Watching God Literature Essay
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According to the research findings “The Red Badge of Courage” and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” are commentaries about the American society, the social programming it does, the bias it has against race and gender, its emphasis on superficial values such as glory and honor which is not backed up by qualitative internal change.
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The Cat Who Cried for Help by Dr. Nicholas Dodman Literature Essay
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The mind of the cat is mysterious and Dr. Nicholas Dodman, Professor of Behavioral Pharmacology at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and Director of the Behavior Clinic, has tried to unravel the features of that mystery to the extent possible in his book “The Cat Who Cried for Help: Attitudes, Emotions, and the Psychology of Cats.”
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Symbolism in 'The Chrysanthemums' by John Steinbeck Literature Essay
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It is a story of a woman, a housewife with unappreciative husband, with her beloved plants which symbolizes different important things in her life; children and femininity.
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Western Literature Modernist Period Literature Research Paper
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It was not only used in literature but also used in music, critics and the visual arts (Gillies & Mahood, p.5). Most of the Western Literature during this period was a reaction to the rapidly changing times. There are those who appreciated the change that was coming, while on the other hand, others wanted to maintain the status quo.
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Romeo and Juliet: the Carnal Desire and Physical Violence Literature Essay
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The conversation between Gregory and Sampson and the episode after it, the violent fight between the Houses of Montague and Capulet, bear witness to people’s dynamic physical existence and the connection between sexual desire and violence
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The Absurd in Albert Camus The Plague Literature Essay
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To fully express this idea, Camus relies on the absurd to prove his point by taking an extreme position of the human condition picturing humanity to be indifferent and living in a universe that has no meaning and no purpose with no God or any type of order, sense or reason.
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Jane Eyre: Gender Roles Literature Research Paper
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Jane Eyre is the life-long story of a woman from the Victorian Era who is assaulted throughout her life for her disapproving instinct towards the inferior role of woman in the society. As a child, Jane Eyre is assaulted by John Reed. As a teenager, she is assaulted by Mr. Brocklehurst and as an adult, she encounters Mr. Rochester who uses Bertha for becoming wealthy and after acquiring that abandons her because of her madness.
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Explication of a Passage from Shakepeare's King Lear Literature Essay
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Shakespeare has presented the Fool in King Lear as a sage-fool who sees the truth. The grudging hospitality that Lear received from his ‘trusted daughter,’ Goneril, makes him outrageous; and so he decides to move to his other daughter, Regan. Here Lear can be seen almost at his disposition.
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James Joyces Ulysses Literature Essay
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A detailed analysis of James Joyce’s Ulysses inspires the reader to identify the resemblances in theme, plot and characterization with Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. Like Homer’s The Odyssey, Joyce’s Ulysses enhances the quest for a father and the intervention of Gods and sexuality as its major themes.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Literature Essay
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The narration is direct and ambiguous at once. This characteristic is achieved by the use of Chief Bromden, a patient of schizophrenia at Oregon, victim of hallucinations and paranoia asylum, as the narrator. His hallucinations serve as metaphors symbolizing the society as a machine called the Combine that controls the behavior of all humans.
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Thread that binds the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway Literature Research Paper
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Language is often said to be means of communication. Human life presents several instances and circumstances which cannot be described in words alone. Writing about these instances for a common individual would probably be a very mundane experience however when is penned down by a prolific writer like Hemingway the experience goes beyond mortality.
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Battle Royal and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Literature Essay
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Ellison’s short story ‘Battle Royal’ presents a startling scene of naiveté, violence, and economic power. The story revolves around the institutions of racism and a desire to assert an identity in the shadow of historical tragedy. Ellison uses his settings and characters clearly to depict the theme of racism and exploitation of the inferior in the short story ‘Battle Royal’.
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Behind the Evocative Metaphors of Ice Man and My Life with the Wave Literature Essay
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The story of Murakami moves one’s heart to become enthralled with excitement. It is exciting because the words used in the story could easily drive one to read the result of the story. The “Ice Man” story is like a music of hope for the readers who wish to save the cravings of the protagonist (the narrator).
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A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery OConnor Literature Essay
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O’Connor has made the right use of words in the story. As the title of the story suggests, the storyline has something important to do with goodness of character. Apparently, the title suggests that there are very few good men or people in the world.
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Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin Literature Essay
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This paper will discuss "Murder on the Leviathan" book. It will include a couple of paragraphs about Akunin, analyse the style and explain why they author is one of the most popular Russian writers.
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Being Human in Dover Beach, and Africa Poems Literature Research Paper
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The two poems are appealing to the reader owing to their musicality and imagery. They set the splendor of the natural world against the melancholy of loss. Both poems illustrate and contrast reality and hope. They are classics owing to their subtle, restrained style, and compelling expressions establishing the physical and mental awareness of the speakers.
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The Prime of Life and the Brodie Set by Muriel Spark Literature Essay
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‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ is a coming of age novel about 6 girls and a woman, which entails that not every individual possesses the capacity to act as a role model. She creates a divide amongst the student body and encourages favouritism as she provides extra benefits to her favourite students in the class.
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Flannery O'Connor A Good Man is Hard to Find Literature Essay
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Critics have admired "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" for the author’s effectual application of native tint and the intense comical aspects of her Southern environment, plus her capability to note down with a devoted determination the distinctive language of characters like The Misfit and the grandmother.
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Stephen King's Carrie Literature Research Paper
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Stephen King was born in 1947, in Portland, Maine. His first foray into writing was working on the weekly column for his college newspaper, The Maine Campus. His first professional short story was The Glass Floor, which was published in 1967 in Startling Mystery Stories.
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Japanese culture in the early 20th. Based on the novel Kokoro Literature Essay
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The earlier twentieth century of Japan showcased a lot of improvement in the society. Pertaining education was common among the household both in the urban and the rural areas. The protagonist of the story used to stay away from his parents on account of completing his graduation, while his parents used to stay in a less popular province of the country.
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Comparison between Contemporary Heroes and Ancient Heroes Literature Essay
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A hero is a person who does something memorable and in the benefit of a person or a society. “True heroes may be ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and then resisting the temptation of personal glory” (Desiree). Some real life examples of modern world’s heroes include a firefighter who rushes into a building on fire and takes people out or a person who saves a child’s life who comes in front of a fast moving car.
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Othello as an Aristotelian Tradegy Literature Research Paper
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William Shakespeare wrote, “The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice” around 1603. The play chronicles the life of Othello, Desdemona, Iago, and Cassio. It highlights Othello’s change of fate from happiness to misery upon allowing Iago to poison his mind with jealousy.
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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Literature Assignment
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The wide Sargasso is a novel by jean Rhys, which received limelight and response when it was published. It was published during the postcolonial period and focused much on the oppression and racial discrimination.
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