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Liceul Teoretic Grigore Moisil

Lucrare de Atestat la Limba Engleza

Diana- Princess of Hearts

Profesor Coordonator: Elev: Georgescu Diana-ClaudiaPerju Iulia Clasa a XII a F

Mai 2010

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Table of Contents

ntroduction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"!!!"" #g" $

%&ort 'iogra#&(!!!!!!!!!!!!"!!!!""!!!!!""! #g" )

Earl( *ears

+edding to Prince C&arles

'rea, u# of Her Marriage

Deat&

C&arit( +or,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""" #g" 10

A D%

nternational Cam#aign to 'an Landmines

Conclusions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #g" 1

'ibliogra#&(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""!!! #g" 20

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ntroduction

Princess Diana is one of my favourite cele rities! "#is is $#y I decided I

must do my researc# %a%er a out #er& li'e a tri ute to everyt#ing s#e meant and

still means to me and all t#e %eo%le $#o found #o%e and a role model in #er!

C#aracteri(ing Princess Diana $it# any s$ee%ing generali(ations is an

e)ercise in futility! "#ose $#o categori(e #er solely y #er c#arita le $or' $ould

e as one-sided in t#eir assessment as ot#ers $#o descri e #er as a needy soul

$#o searc#ed in vain for true love! "#oug# it remains a %leasant notion to

remem er Diana for t#e enormous #umanitarian im%act s#e made on t#e $orld& it

is not realistic to s'etc# #er %icture solely y t#ose efforts! "#e %rincess $as an

enigmatic figure $#o led a com%le) life!

In #er lifetime s#e accom%lis#ed many great t#ings! *#e $or'ed on

numerous c#arity %rojects+ s#e $as also one of t#e most %#otogra%#ed %eo%leduring #er lifetime! , %articular t#ing t#at I li'ed very muc# at #er $as #er

elegance! *#e $as t#e only cele rity I #ave ever seen $it# natural and elegant

manners! *#e $as %olite $it# every ody near y& including media& t#e citi(ens

$aiting to greet #er and t#e under-%rivileged s#e $as visiting!

*#e #ad t#e a ility to #andle almost every %ro lem& just y caring for

every ody at eac# event! *#e al$ays smiled %leasantly! *#e made every ody feel

comforta le& including t#e audiences $atc#ing #er in t#e " %rogrammes. /o$ %o$erful #er c#arm #as een.

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"#e Princess $as $ell 'no$n ot# for #er su%%ort of c#arity %rojects and

#er sense of style! *#e $as also credited $it# considera le influence for #er

cam%aigns against t#e use of landmines and #el%ing t#e victims of ,ID*! In fact&

Princess Diana $as t#e first #ig#-%rofile cele rity to e %#otogra%#ed touc#ing a

%erson infected $it# t#e /I virus! *#e visited landmine survivors in #os%itals&

toured demining %rojects run y t#e /, "rust& and attended nine a$areness

education classes a out t#e dangers of landmines immediately surrounding #omes

and villages! ne of t#e reasons t#at Princess Diana3s c#arity $or' is so s%ecial is

ecause s#e truly elieved in %artici%ating in #el%ing& not just giving money! "#e

Princess foug#t for so many different causes t#at one can really tell #o$ muc# s#e

cared for #umanity in general and #o$ s#e sincerely $anted to end suffering

$#erever it occurred! Princess Diana even said& 4I understand %eo%le5s suffering&

%eo%le5s %ain& more t#an you $ill ever 'no$ yourself67

"#e Princess3s $ill to #el% t#ese landmine $or'ers demonstrates #o$

directly connected s#e $as to t#e %eo%le! *#e cared a out t#em strongly enoug#

to ma'e sure s#e $as involved %ersonally to %rotest against $#at s#e t#oug#t to

e $rong! Time maga(ine $rites& 4First s#e ecame t#e %atron saint of victims&

sic'& discriminated against& t#e #omeless7! /eroines are allo$ed to ma'e mista'es

too! Diana3s adulterous marriage roug#t #er do$n to t#e level of any ot#er

ordinary %erson! "#e Princess admitted s#e #ad een de%ressed& self-mutilated

and ulimic! "#is allo$s t#e %u lic& es%ecially $omen& to em%at#i(e $it# t#e $ay

s#e $as feeling! Diana3s demonstration of #o$ to overcome an o stacle and t#e

$ay s#e turned a #el%less life into one of aiding ot#ers& s#o$s $#y %eo%le loo' u%

to #er and ideali(e #er!

,s Diana $as suc# a realistic $oman& s#e ins%ired ot#er $omen to live

u% to t#eir %otential! *#e cared for all c#ildren& no matter $#at! *#e $as li'e a

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universal mot#er! /er love for c#ildren $as evident in #er social $or' and also in

#er o$n family life! Diana %laced muc# value on t#e family unity! Princess Diana

stresses #o$ muc# s#e a%%reciates families! Princess Diana3s a ility to e a good

mot#er made #er a genuine #eroine!

Diana-T&e .ueen of Peo#le/s Hearts

9I $ould li'e to e a ueen in t#e #earts of t#e %eo%le!9 ;Princess Dianauly 1& 1?@1A,ugust 01& 1??B< $as t#e first

$ife of C#arles& Prince of ales! *#e $as often called Princess Diana y t#e

media and t#e %u lic& ut s#e did not %ossess suc# a title and $as not %ersonally a

%rincess& a %oint Diana #erself made to %eo%le $#o referred to #er as suc#!

Princesses in t#eir o$n rig#t only e)ist y creation of t#e monarc# or y irt#!

Diana $as in fact t#e first non-%rincess to e Princess of ales for centuries!

Diana& Princess of ales $as noted for #er c#arity $or'! et #er %#ilant#ro%ic

endeavours $ere overs#ado$ed y #er scandal-%lagued marriage to Prince

C#arles! /er itter accusations via friends and iogra%#ers of adultery& mental

cruelty and emotional distress visited u%on #er& and #er o$n admission of

adultery and numerous love affairs riveted t#e $orld for muc# of t#e 1?? s&

s%a$ning oo's& maga(ine articles and television movies! From t#e time of #er

engagement to t#e Prince of ales in 1? 1 until #er deat# in a car accident in1??B& t#e Princess $as argua ly t#e most famous $oman in t#e $orld& t#e %re-

eminent female cele rity of #er generation: a fas#ion icon& an image of feminine

eauty& admired and emulated for #er #ig#-%rofile involvement in ,ID* issues&

and t#e international cam%aign against landmines! During #er lifetime& s#e $as

often referred to as t#e most %#otogra%#ed %erson in t#e $orld! "o #er admirers&

t#e Princess of ales $as a role model - after #er deat#& t#ere $ere even calls for

#er to e nominated for saint#ood - $#ile #er detractors sa$ #er life as a

cautionary tale of #o$ an o session $it# %u licity can ultimately destroy an

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Early life

Diana Frances *%encer $as orn at Par' /ouse on t#e *andring#am

estate! n t#e deat# of #er %aternal grandfat#er& ,l ert *%encer& Bt# Earl *%encer&

in 1?B=& Diana5s fat#er ecame t#e t# Earl *%encer& and s#e ac uired t#e

courtesy title of ady Diana *%encer and moved from #er c#ild#ood #ome at Par'

/ouse to #er family5s si)teent#-century ancestral #ome of ,lt#or%!Diana $as

educated at iddles$ort# /all in Horfol' and at est /eat# Girls5 *c#ool in

*evenoa's& ent& $#ere s#e $as regarded as an academically elo$-average

student& #aving failed all of #er -level e)aminations! In 1?BB& aged 1@& s#e left

est /eat# and riefly attended Institut ,l%in idemanette& a finis#ing sc#ool in

ougemont& *$it(erland

and re%ortedly longed to e a allerina!

Wedding to Prince Charles

/er $edding $it# Prince of C#arles too' %lace at *t Paul5s Cat#edral in

ondon on ednesday 2? >uly 1? 1!Diana $as t#e first Englis#$oman to marry

t#e #eir to t#e t#rone !J%on #er marriage& Diana ecame /er oyal /ig#ness !"#e

Princess of ales and $as ran'ed as t#e t#ird most senior royal $oman in t#e

Jnited ingdom after t#e Kueen and t#e Kueen Lot#er! "#e Prince and Princess

of ales #ad t$o c#ildren& Prince illiam of ales on 21 >une 1? 2 and Prince

/enry of ales ;commonly called Prince /arry< on 1= *e%tem er 1? 8!

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Break up of Marriage

In t#e mid 1? s #er marriage felt a%art& an event at first su%%ressed& utt#en sensationalised& y t#e $orld media! Mot# t#e Prince and Princess of ales

allegedly s%o'e to t#e %ress t#roug# friends& accusing eac# ot#er of lame for t#e

marriage5s demise! C#arles resumed #is relations#i% $it# Camilla Par'er Mo$les&

$#ilst Diana ecame involved $it# >ames /e$itt and %ossi ly later $it# >ames

Gil ey& $it# $#om s#e $as involved in t#e so-called * uidgygate affair! *#e later

confirmed ;in a television intervie$ $it# Lartin Mas#ir< t#e affair $it# #er riding

instructor& >ames /e$itt! ,fter #er se%aration from Prince C#arles& Diana $as

allegedly involved $it# married art dealer liver /oare and rug y %layer ill

Carling! *#e did %u licly date #eart surgeon /asnat #an efore

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se%arated on ? Decem er 1??2+ t#eir divorce $as finalised on 2 ,ugust 1??@!

"#e Princess lost t#e style /er oyal /ig#ness and instead $as styled as Diana&

Princess of ales! /o$ever& since t#e divorce& Muc'ing#am Palace #as

maintained t#at Diana $as officially a mem er of t#e oyal Family& since s#e $as

t#e mot#er of t#e second and t#ird in line to t#e t#rone!

Death

n 01 ,ugust 1??B Diana $as involved in a car accident in t#e Pont de

l5,lma road tunnel in Paris& along $it# #er friend and lover Dodi ,l-Fayed& and

t#eir driver /enri Paul! Fayed5s odyguard "revor ees->ones is t#e only %erson

$#o survived t#e $rec'age! "#e deat# of t#e Princess #as een $idely lamed on

re%orters&t#at $ere re%ortedly #ounding t#e Princess& and $ere follo$ing t#e

ve#icle at a #ig# s%eed! Ever since t#e $ord %a%ara((i #as een associated $it#

t#e deat# of t#e Princess!

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C&arit( or,

AIDS

*tarting in t#e mid-to-late 1? s& t#e Princess of ales ecame $ell

'no$n for #er su%%ort of c#arity %rojects !Des%ite #er love of social events& Diana

stayed very active in c#arity events around Great Mritain!*#e ecame t#e

%resident of Marnardo3s& a c#arity t#at loo'ed after trou led c#ildren!! In t#e early1? s& ac uired immunodeficiency syndrome ;,ID*< #ad just een identified as a

s%ecific disease! ,s some medical researc#ers attem%ted to find its cause& ot#ers

egan to actively loo' for a cure!!,t t#e eginning of t#e ,ID* #ealt# crisis in t#e

1? s& %eo%le often avoided touc#ing anyone $#o #ad contracted t#e disease!

Fe$ %eo%le 'ne$ its causes& and many $ere afraid t#ey could get t#e disease

merely y s#a'ing #ands $it# an infected %erson!

,ID* c#arities $ould #ave gro$ing significance to Diana! "#roug#out

#er life Diana $as somet#ing of a re el! /er $or' $it# victims of ,ID* could in

some $ays e seen in t#is regard! *#e $as one of t#e first very #ig# %rofile

%eo%le to e %ictured touc#ing t#ose afflicted $it# ,ID*! "#is #ad a significant

im%act in c#anging %eo%le3s o%inions and attitudes to t#e disease it $as certainly

a c#arity not follo$ing t#e %rotocol and tradition of t#e oyal family! "#e Mritis#

media $as im%ressed t#at s#e did it $it#out $earing gloves! 4*#e gave it

res%ecta ility and a %rofile&7 said a %rofessor $#o focused on t#e ,ID* e%idemicat Liddlese)! 4/I Nt#e virus t#at causes ,ID*Odoes not ma'e %eo%le dangerous

to 'no$& so you can s#a'e t#eir #ands and give t#em a #ug: /eaven 'no$s t#ey

need it&7 Diana said! ,lt#oug# s#e felt ignored y t#e royal family& Diana came

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to reali(e t#at& outside t#e %alace $alls& #er star %o$er could #el% unleas#

millions of dollars in donations to #el% t#ose in need! *#e egan to attend as

many c#arity events as %ossi le! In addition to #el%ing raise money at t#ese

events& Diana also s%ent #ours in #os%itals visiting t#e sic' and dying& as $ell as

in #omeless c#arities visiting t#ose in need! /er mere %resence often roug#t

comfort to %eo%le s#e touc#ed! /er contri ution to c#anging t#e %u lic o%inion

of ,ID* sufferers $as summarised in Decem er 2 1 y Mill Clinton at t#e

5Diana& Princess of ales ecture on ,ID*5& $#en #e said: 9In 1? B& $#en so

many still elieved t#at ,ID* could e contracted t#roug# casual contact&

Princess Diana sat on t#e sic' ed of a man $it# ,ID* and #eld #is #and! *#e

s#o$ed t#e $orld t#at %eo%le $it# ,ID* deserve no isolation& ut com%assion

and 'indness! It #el%ed c#ange $orld o%inion& and gave #o%e to %eo%le! ,ID*

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$it# an outcome of saved lives of %eo%le at ris'!9

"#roug#out #er life Diana $as somet#ing of a re el! /er $or' $it#

victims of ,ID* could in some $ays e seen in t#is regard! *#e $as one of t#e

first very #ig# %rofile %eo%le to e %ictured touc#ing t#ose afflicted $it# ,ID*

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t#is #ad a significant im%act in c#anging %eo%le3s o%inions and attitudes to t#e

disease it $as certainly a c#arity not follo$ing t#e %rotocol and tradition of t#e

oyal family! ,* Princess Diana said: 4/I does not ma'e %eo%le dangerous to

'no$! ou can s#a'e t#eir #ands and give t#em #ug #eaven 'no$s t#ey need it9!

Diana s&a,es &ands it& an unidentified $2-(ear-old A D% #atient in

&is #ri ate room at Middlese Hos#ital3 London3 on A#ril 143 14 5"

Lean$#ile& %rogress $as eing made y researc#ers! ,lt#oug# t#ere is

still no cure& drugs #ave een develo%ed t#at #el% control t#e /I infection and

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may delay t#e onset of ,ID*! "oday& more t#an one million ,mericans and more

t#an 00 million %eo%le around t#e $orld live $it# /I ,ID*! "o t#e media Diana

often %ortrayed a very stoic and %ositive energy& ut an aid suggested t#at at t#e

same time t#ese engagements often drained Diana emotionally at t#e end of some

engagements s#e felt de%leted! Diana #ad a very %ersona le touc#! *#e $as very

at ease in meeting %eo%le from any ac'ground and even if t#ey $ere ill or in

#os%ices! "#e %atients $ould react very favoura ly to #er meetings& t#ey $armed

to #er life energy and #eartfelt sym%at#y! Part of #er a%%eal $as #er sym%at#y

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and natural com%assion! *#e could em%at#ise $it# %eo%le3s suffering& #aving

suffered muc# #erself! 'razil

Princess Diana also made clandestine visits to s#o$ 'indness to terminally

ill ,ID* %atients! ,ccording to nurses& s#e $ould turn u% unannounced& for

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e)am%le& at t#e Lildmay /os%ice in ondon& $it# s%ecific instructions t#at t#ese

visits $ere to e concealed from t#e media!

International Campaign to Ban Landmines

"#roug# #er $or' $it# t#e ed Cross& Diana ecame involved $it# t#e

International Cam%aign to Man andmines! ICM $as little 'no$n until Princess

Diana made it #er favorite c#arity t#is year& traveling to Mosnia and ,ngola on its

e#alf&7 said an article in Newsweek ! Mecause of Diana3s international influence&t#e movement mig#t no$ s%read to %rotect %eo%le around t#e $orld from eing

maimed y mines! /er visit to ,ngola& in fact& $as turned into a television

documentary t#at increased t#e land mine cause3s %rofile!

Per#a%s #er most $idely %u licised c#arity a%%earance $as #er visit to

,ngola in >anuary 1??B& $#en& serving as an International ed Cross IP

volunteer s#e visited landmine survivors in #os%itals& toured de-mining %rojects

run y t#e /, "rust& and attended mine a$areness education classes a out t#e

dangers of mines immediately surrounding #omes and villages! "#e %ictures of

Diana touring a minefield& in a allistic #elmet and fla' jac'et& $ere seen

$orld$ide! ;In fact& mine-clearance e)%erts #ad already cleared t#e %re-%lanned

$al' t#at Diana too' $earing t#e %rotective e ui%ment!< In ,ugust t#at year& s#e

visited Mosnia $it# t#e andmine *urvivors Het$or'! /er interest in landmines

$as focused on t#e injuries t#ey create& often to c#ildren& long after t#e conflict

#as finis#ed!

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*#e is $idely acclaimed for #er influence on t#e signing y t#e

governments of t#e J and ot#er nations of t#e tta$a "reaty in Decem er 1??B&

after #er deat#& $#ic# created an international an on t#e use of anti-%ersonnel

landmines! Introducing t#e *econd eading of t#e andmines Mill 1?? to t#e

Mritis# /ouse of Commons& t#e Foreign *ecretary& o in Coo'& %aid tri ute to

Diana5s $or' on landmines:9 ,ll /onoura le Lem ers $ill e a$are from t#eir %ost ags of t#e immense contri ution made y Diana& Princess of ales to

ringing #ome to many of our constituents t#e #uman costs of landmines! "#e

est $ay in $#ic# to record our a%%reciation of #er $or'& and t#e $or' of HG s

t#at #ave cam%aigned against landmines& is to %ass t#e Mill& and to %ave t#e $ay

to$ards a glo al an on landmines! 9

,s of >anuary 2 =& Diana5s legacy on landmines remained unfulfilled!

"#e Jnited Hations a%%ealed to t#e nations $#ic# %roduced and stoc'%iled t#e

largest num ers of landmines ;C#ina& India& Hort# orea& Pa'istan& ussia and

t#e Jnited *tates< to sign t#e tta$a "reaty for idding t#eir %roduction and use&

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landmines! #en o in Coo' roug#t t#e second reading of t#e landmines ill to

t#e #ouse in 1?? #e made a %oint of %aying tri ute to t#e contri ution of Princess

Diana! Des%ite #er love of social events& Diana stayed very active in c#arity

events around Great Mritain! Ho ot#er mem ers of t#e royal family& it seemed&

made t#emselves more availa le to t#e c#arity circuit! *#e ecame t#e %resident

of Marnardo3s& a c#arity t#at loo'ed after trou led c#ildren! *#e $as also t#e guest

of #onour at an ela orate event t#at ecame 'no$n as t#e "iffany Mall& $#ic#

raised money for t#e ,ID* Crisis "rust! ,lt#oug# s#e felt ignored y t#e royal

family& Diana came to reali(e t#at& outside t#e %alace $alls& #er star %o$er could

#el% unleas# millions of dollars in donations to #el% t#ose in need! *#e egan to

attend as many c#arity events as %ossi le! In addition to #el%ing raise money at

t#ese events& Diana also s%ent #ours in #os%itals visiting t#e sic' and dying& as

$ell as in #omeless c#arities visiting t#ose in need! /er mere %resence often

roug#t comfort to %eo%le s#e touc#ed!

6ebruar( 14423 Diana comforts a d(ing oman at Calcutta

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Conclusions

In conclusion& Princess Diana $as a great %erson and a #eroine! *#e is not

my idol just ecause s#e $as %art of t#e royal family! Princess Diana attem%ted to

solve some of t#e $orld5s %ro lems! *#e $or'ed in c#arity %rojects and $ent

against landmines! *#e is one of my role models ecause of #er accom%lis#ments!

In s#ort& Princess Diana $as just one of t#e most eautiful cele rities in

t#e $orld! *#e $as a good mot#er for #er t$o sons! *#e #ad a 'ind #eart to carefor every ody! *#e #as done #er est to ta'e t#e res%onsi ility of eing a royal

mem er! *#e #as made t#e $orld muc# more eautiful! ,lt#oug# s#e died& s#e

$ill al$ays e an e)am%le for our ladies to imitate in good manners!

Diana $ill e remem ered not for just one of #er accom%lis#ments& ut for

many ot#er t#ings& from giving irt# to t#e future ing of England to s#o$ing

'indness to t#e sic'& to touring an ,ngolan minefield& to eing identified as t#e

4Peo%le3s Princess7! /er %ersonality $as caring and giving& ut did not come$it#out struggles from $it#in #erself! ut of t#e sadness in #er life& Diana

develo%ed into a #ig#ly res%ected $oman and $as noted for #er sense of style&

c#arisma& #umour and #ig#-%rofile c#arity $or'! *#e develo%ed into not only

nota le leader& ut an ins%iration for many %eo%le t#roug#out t#e $orld! J%on #er

deat#& t#e $orld $as greatly saddened y t#e loss!

Diana $as t#e very essence of com%assion& of duty& of style& of eauty! ,ll

over t#e $orld s#e $as a sym ol of selfless #umanity! *omeone $it# a natural

no ility $#o $as classless and $#o %roved t#at s#e needed no royal title to

continue to generate #er %articular rand of magic!

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*ome may say t#at Princess Diana lived a fairy tale! Mut u%on e)amining

#er life events and o stacles& one can see t#at Diana $as not only a real #eroine&

ut also& a real %erson! Princess Diana $as a living #eroine! *#e %ersonified #o$ a

$oman s#ould strive to ecome t#e est $#at s#e can!

*#e s#o$ed #o$ to act a%%ro%riately in %u lic! Hot t#at Diana elieved

in %utting on a%%earances t#at $ere not true& ut s#e al$ays s#o$ed a face to t#e

$orld t#at $as %resenta le and real! /er grace and loveliness s#o$ $#at $omen

are really ca%a le of everyt#ing!

,long $it# #er mot#erly ualities and c#arita le inclinations& Diana

retained and %erfected #er feminine c#arm and elo uence! /er sense of style and

c#arm made #er a role model! Princess Diana furt#er used #er fas#ion sense and

femininity to once again #el% t#e %u lic! *#e auctioned off #er most famous

dresses to t#e %u lic to #el% raise money for c#arities s#e $or'ed for! "#is is a

$onderful demonstration of using one3s femininity for t#e %u lic good!

Diana3s funeral& a $orld$ide event& demonstrated accurately #o$ %o$erful and moving s#e $as as a #eroine! *#e $as follo$ed y many mourners

t#at #ad een ins%ired y #er $armt#& intelligence& grace& and care for #umanity!

/er deat# #ad suc# a $ide im%act on not just England& ut t#e $orld& t#at one

must admit $#at a motivational #eroine s#e $as and $ill continue to e! /er

deat# in some $ays seems to ins%ire %eo%le even more t#an #er $or' $#ile s#e

$as alive!

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