Cassio's a proper man: let me see now:
Iago sounds like a relative upset about a marriage. He brings up how there are men better than othello out there and says the marriage between Desdemona and othello will not last long.
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- Oct 2020
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Ihate the Moor:
Iago Talks behind Othellos back a lot, though Othello puts lots of trust into him
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put money in thy purse
This is repeated throughout the speech. It means to fill your heart / support yourself rather than depending on others.
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If the balance of our lives had not onescale of reason to poise another of sensuality, theblood and baseness of our natures would conduct usto most preposterous conclusions:
If there isnt any reason in the balance of our lives we will never have peace with ourselves. this also ties into stereotypes of men, without balance they will give into lust rather than love.
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Ere I would say, Iwould drown myself for the love of a guinea-hen, Iwould change my humanity with a baboon
This can be connected to gender stereotypes of men. Men hold themselves to standard they cannot reach, pushing away their humanity.
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She has deceived her father, and may thee.
This may foreshadow future events in the play. Othello is warned to watch out because Desdemona is a tricky woman.
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I do beseech you,Send for the lady to the Sagittary,And let her speak of me before her father:
Othello asks for his wife to vouch for him and even puts his life on it. He knows his voice will be heard if he talks to the duke.
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This only is the witchcraft I have used:
He is basically saying that the magic he used was his words, which means he is good at talking to women. His story shows all he has went through during his life which won the Desdemona over.
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Valiant Othello
The tone towards othello immediately changes as he is now being praised by the duke, in contrast to Brabantio who wants him apprehended.
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For if such actions may have passage free,Bond-slaves and pagans shall our statesmen be.
This can be related to Henry V, because henry also believed that people needed to be held responsible for their actions in order to maintain peace.
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What if I do obey?How may the duke be therewith satisfied,Whose messengers are here about my side,Upon some present business of the stateTo bring me to him?
Othello is a smart man and knows how to talk out of a situation. He uses his power/ connections to help talk himself out of being arrested. By bringing up his relationship to the duke he i now able to prove his innocence.
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Hold your hands,
Othello wanting to talk rather than fight shows the audience that he is not violent like they make him seem
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Not I I must be found:My parts, my title and my perfect soulShall manifest me rightly. Is it they?
Othello knows he is not the person they are out to make him
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Yes, sir, I have indeed.
Roderigo seems to be winning the trust of Brabantio, which was given to him once race was involved. They describe moors as animals rather than human to exaggerate how bad they can be.
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It is too true an evil: gone she is
Brabantio didnt know that desdemona left with a man, and that man being a moor makes him uneasy. The play starts off giving Othello a bad reputation, though he hasnt entered a scene yet.
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To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor--
This describes othello as a man who only looks for personal pleasure, a result of his skin color/ origins.
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The worser welcome:
Roderigo wants to win over Desdemona, though Brabantio wont allow anyone to get at her. The book may start off like this to foreshadow a bad relationship between Desdemona and other men.
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- Sep 2020
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To-night in Harfleur we will be your guest;To-morrow for the march are we addrest.
He uses a couplet that shows he still has mercy for those weaker to him by giving peace in return of shelter.
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Therefore, great king,We yield our town and lives to thy soft mercy.Enter our gates; dispose of us and ours;For we no longer are defensible
The governor refers to Henry as "Great king," adding on to the power of Henry.
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I will not leave the half-achieved HarfleurTill in her ashes she lie buried.
Henry threatens Harfleur with complete violence. while being under Henry, this interaction may have given confidence to his soldiers as they now see there is no one who can contest them. This portrays henry as powerful, matching the persona of the king challenging him.
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Imust leave them, and seek some better service:their villany goes against my weak stomach, andtherefore I must cast it up.
the boy may children in general, in which we all tend to obey our supperiors until we realize that we can have our own independence/ beliefs.
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As young as I am, I have observed these threeswashers.
The tone immediately changes as the men leave. The boy shines the spotlight on Pistol and his friends saying that they are anything but men.
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And sword and shield,In bloody field,Doth win immortal fame.
Pistol uses a couplet to say that winners of war live on forever. This is ironic because Pistol and his friends aren't the greatest people.
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Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Henry is telling his men that war is in their blood. He says that they are sons of Alexanders, which means to ward off. They are born to protect.
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You shall be soon dispatch's with fair conditions:A night is but small breath and little pauseTo answer matters of this consequence.
Henry has kept a confident attitude for most of the passage, displaying his idea of how a king should act. this confidence may pass on to his men, giving them confidence to fight under him.
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for I desireNothing but odds with England:
France just wants peace, but theri gifts are seen as mockery by both of the kings.
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Turning the widows' tears, the orphans' criesThe dead men's blood, the pining maidens groans,For husbands, fathers and betrothed lovers,That shall be swallow'd in this controversy.
The tone in this scene changes as we see someone of power challenge Henry, which for most of the play Henry is the one in power
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Well, 'tis not so, my lord high constable;
Dauphin is still in denial. He is comparing extra defenses to extra cloth on a coat, saying that increasing their defenses will only spoil their people/ land.
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How well supplied with noble counsellors,How modest in exception, and withalHow terrible in constant resolution,
Constable is stating that their enemy is quite strong. He is trying to speak sense into Dauphin almost.
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o view the sick and feeble parts of France:And let us do it with no show of fear;
Dauphin wants to show his people that there is nothing to fear, though there is definitely something they should be fearing.
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I arrest thee of high treason, by the name ofRichard Earl of Cambridge.I arrest thee of high treason, by the name ofHenry Lord Scroop of Masham.I arrest thee of high treason, by the name ofThomas Grey, knight, of Northumberland.
Going to my previous statement, I believe the death penalty is what they meant
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And God acquit them of their practises!
He wants to leave the freeing up to God. this can either mean the death sentence or just serving time.
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If little faults, proceeding on distemper,Shall not be wink'd at, how shall we stretch our eyeWhen capital crimes, chew'd, swallow'd and digested,
Henry is growing more mature, saying that they should hammer down on all crimes if they want to be in control of their people. This connects to the beginning, when canterbury speaks of how immature he was as a child.
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The French, advised by good intelligenceOf this most dreadful preparation,Shake in their fear and with pale policySeek to divert the English purposes.
So far the french are portrayed as weak. They gifted Henry tennis balls, which angered him. they then are shown fearing henry and his army after hearing about his plans.
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We hope to make the sender blush at it.
Henry still shows a little sarcasm, showing that he is still young.
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And tell the pleasant prince this mock of hisHath turn'd his balls to gun-stones; and his soulShall stand sore charged for the wasteful vengeanceThat shall fly with them:
The tennis balls are mocking the king. Because of this he will invade france, bringing violence and terror to them. One thing that sits with me is that its always in the name of God and not for revenge or personal reason, though it should be.
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f we, with thrice such powers left at home,Cannot defend our own doors from the dog,Let us be worried and our nation loseThe name of hardiness and policy
Scotland is referred to as dogs, this time. This and the mice comparison show the scots as being less functional and unified. giving them a bad image.
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They have a king and officers of sorts;Where some, like magistrates, correct at home,Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad,Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings,
They compare power to the food chain a lot, puttng themselves at the top of it. This time they are using bees to show how they will invade france while defending their home at the same time.
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For once the eagle England being in prey,To her unguarded nest the weasel ScotComes sneaking and so sucks her princely eggs,Playing the mouse in absence of the cat,To tear and havoc more than she can eat.
if they leave their land to invade france scotland will make a move on them. Westmoreland refers to the scots as mice, showing that they are weak but still can cause damage if left alone.
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'I hate', from hate away she threw, And sav'd my life, saying 'not you'.
He is charming the woman, showing her that she cant hate him
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Those lips that Love's own hand did make,Breathed forth the sound that said 'I hate',To me that languish'd for her sake:But when she saw my woeful state,
There are masculine rhymes here which make the flow kind of blunt
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And then thou lov'st me for my name is 'Will.'
He wants his lover to think of him as 'Will' because he ould do all the things 'Will' could
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'Will', will fulfil the treasure of thy love,
he uses 'Will' and will in this sonnet. showing that 'Will' could possibly represent a person.
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The sea, all water, yet receives rain still,And in abundance addeth to his sto
he is comparing their love to the sea, saying that it still receives water though it is full of it.
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Him have I lost; thou hast both him and me: He pays the whole, and yet am I not free.
the friend pays for the split relationship, he gets the worst part of it. the poet is now "trapped" which was implied about the friend in the previous sonnet.
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Wilt thou, whose will is large and spacious,Not once vouchsafe to hide my will in thine?
he is questioning if this woman will notice him and accept his love in addition to all she is receiving
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So, now I have confess'd that he is thine,And I my self am mortgag'd to thy will,
he is confessing his love for his friend possibly. saying he is attached to his will/ longterm love.
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Whoe'er keeps me, let my heart be his guard;Thou canst not then use rigour in my jail:
whoever he fully commits to, he hopes his love is enough to stop them from loving someone else.
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But slave to slavery my sweet'st friend must be?
his friend is now part of the relationship, by intervening he is trapped and is guilty for the change in emotions.
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To mourn for me since mourning doth thee grace,And suit thy pity like in every part. Then will I swear beauty herself is black, And all they foul that thy complexion lack.
her noticing him/ how he feels would bring him grace. This brings him to believe that black beauty is better than those without it. Black beauty could possibly mean an old love/ relationship.
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Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me,
he loves her but she doesnt show it back
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In nothing art thou black save in thy deeds, And thence this slander, as I think, proceeds.
the love between these two is black, meaning it isnt a traditional type of love. Because of this he is unsure if it is actually love.
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Yet, in good faith, some say that thee behold,Thy face hath not the power to make love groan;To say they err I dare not be so bold,
This mistress' features aren't what attracts him to her
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My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
He talks about his mistress' flaws as if he enjoys them even though they contradict normal joy.
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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red, than her lips red:If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
this refers back to the black/ dark beauty of the person again
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Therefore my mistress' eyes are raven black,Her eyes so suited, and they mourners seemAt such who, not born fair, no beauty lack,
Though this persons beauty is black, it isn't bad. Black is shown in a more positive way now.
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In the old age black was not counted fair,Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name;But now is black beauty's successive heir,
Black features weren't looked at as beautiful
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Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
he feels hopeless
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Take all my loves, my love, yea take them all;What hast thou then more than thou hadst before?
What does his lover have with and without his love
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Not by our feeling, but by others' seeing:
We are changed by the way others see us and not what we think of ourselves.
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I may be straight though they themselves be bevel;
His viewpoint/ beliefs aren't easily swayed
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For why should others' false adulterate eyesGive salutation to my sportive blood?
Other viewpoints shouldn't matter to Shakespeare as he has," Sportive," blood, showing a little of his wit.
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My life hath in this line some interest,Which for memorial still with thee shall stay.When thou reviewest this, thou dost reviewThe very part was consecrate to thee:
Shakespeare is saying that the reader will only devote the part that was meant most to them. This connects to greed a little because we only see what we want to see.
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This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well, which thou must leave ere long.
their love has become stronger through age. As more of their youth burns away their flames continue to burn
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That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
Youth is gone/ has been burned up
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My name be buried where my body is,And live no more to shame nor me nor you.
if his name brings shame then it should be left forgotten, which again refers to not the idea of not being looked up to/respected.
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What merit lived in me, that you should loveAfter my death,--dear love, forget me quite,For you in me can nothing worthy prove;
They don't have to prove their love to the world because it doesnt involve them
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But let your love even with my life decay;
Their love should grow after death. Tying into remembering each other and carrying on your beauty.
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That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot,If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Thinking of him should bring happiness, and if not then he should be forgotten.
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If I lose thee, my loss is my love's gain,And losing her, my friend hath found that loss;
The friends have a choice of love or friendship. You will lose one and gain the other.
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Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits,When I am sometime absent from thy heart,Thy beauty, and thy years full well befits,For still temptation follows where thou art.
Liberty/status brings temptation, and being part of a higher status forces you to feed into it.
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hen, if for my love, thou my love receivest,
If you ask for his love he will give it to you, showing him reflecting on how vulnerable he can be at times.
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Reserve them for my love, not for their rhyme,
He wants to be remembered for his love towards that person.
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Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
The author is talking about not being confident in his own abilities. He then remembers that doing this is useless as you cant always compare yourself to kings. Humble yourself.
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Thou art the grave where buried love doth live,Hung with the trophies of my lovers gone,Who all their parts of me to thee did give,That due of many now is thine alone:
As this love dies off he uses it as a trophy, reminding him that they both gave it their all. This connects to the previous sonnets as it talks about remembering your old relations and not just throwing them to the side.
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The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,Which I new pay as if not paid before.
While remembering the past, he is also reminded of the emotions these memories bring. He is saying that you cant give up your past if you cant confront it.
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Who will believe my verse in time to come,If it were fill'd with your most high deserts?
Shakespeare is saying that legacy/what you pass on, is all that will be remembered of you.
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So should the lines of life that life repair,Which this, Time's pencil, or my pupil pen,Neither in inward worth nor outward fair,Can make you live your self in eyes of men
New life helps older ones continue. By passing on your life you are forming your own legacy that can only be shaped by you.
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Vaunt in their youthful sap, at height decrease,And wear their brave state out of memory;
This means that men often compare themselves to their younger selves in search of youth, but in return lose their ability to grow.
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As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';
Believing that you have "truth and beauty," inside of you will allow you to grow more
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So should that beauty which you hold in leaseFind no determination; then you wereYourself again, after yourself's decease,
I believe this means that if you don't find beauty in yourself then eventually what you believe is beautiful will lose its value.
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Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsakeAnd die as fast as they see others grow;
Even beauty can spoil
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f all were minded so, the times should ceaseAnd threescore year would make the world away.
If all people looked at aging as growth instead of a loss if wouldn't seem so cold/bad.
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O! change thy thought, that I may change my mind:Shall hate be fairer lodg'd than gentle love?
Its easier to hate someone and disregard them than show them attention/love. Shakespeare is debating whether he should keep loving the person he loves.
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And kept unused the user so destroys it.
By hiding your inner self you are destroying it, not allowing yourself to be loved.
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Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly,Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?
This means that there is no reason to love someone who does not gladly receive your love. Doing this will only cause you to be annoyed.
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Then what could death do if thou shouldst depart,Leaving thee living in posterity?
I believe Shakespeare is saying that living/ happiness isn't something that only belongs to the youth.
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For never-resting time leads summer onTo hideous winter, and confounds him there;Sap checked with frost, and lusty leaves quite gone,Beauty o'er-snowed and bareness every where:
Peaceful youth turns into harsh adulthood quickly, leaving you confused and forcing you to look at the world differently.
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Thou of thy self thy sweet self dost deceive:Then how when nature calls thee to be gone,What acceptable audit canst thou leave? Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee, Which, used, lives th' executor to be.
When you pass, what will you be remembered by? There is a lot of yourself that isn't displayed to the world, and won't be if you never reveal yourself.
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So thou through windows of thine age shalt see,Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.
As you age you become more grateful towards life. This is when you are ready to bring life into the world.
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From fairest creatures we desire increase,That thereby beauty's rose might never die,But as the riper should by time decease,His tender heir might bear his memory:
It is human nature to desire more. Gaining more of what you desire is believed to set your legacy, but legacy doesn't carry if there is no "heir" to pass it on to. This Section of the sonnet refers to how people tend force their legacy on the youth, creating more desire, but not allowing the youth to create their own.
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