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Read more about this topic: June 2004 Famous quotes containing the word events:“Just as a mirror may be used to reflect images, so ancient events may be used to understand the present.” “A curious thing about atrocity stories is that they mirror, instead of the events they purport to describe, the extent of the hatred of the people that tell them. “We have defined a story as a narrative of events arranged in their time-sequence. A plot is also a narrative of events, the emphasis falling on causality. The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then the queen died of grief is a plot. The time sequence is preserved, but the sense of causality overshadows it.” Related Phrases
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