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La belle juive
The word “martyr” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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La Belle Juive (literally, "the beautiful (female) Jew") was an archetype of nineteenth-century romantic European literature. The typical appearance of the belle juive included long, thick, dark hair, large dark eyes, an olive skin tone, and a languid expression. Her personality traits could be portrayed either positively or negatively.The positive portrayal of the belle juive was noble, pure, loyal, and exhibited qualities similar to Christian martyrdom. The negative portrayal was sly, coquettish, and overly sexual.1
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Today
“martyr” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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Then
archetype of nineteenth-century romantic european literature
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recurrent motif with archetypal significance in art and literature
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