ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context 
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(ROOT (NP (NN ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (SBAR (WHNP (WP )) (S (VP (VP (VBZ ) (ADVP (RB )) (NP (DT ) (VBN ) (NN ) (NN ))) (CC ) (VP (VB ) (NP (PRP )) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (ADJP (RB ) (JJR )) (JJ ) (NN ))))))))))))