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According to legend, after a rape spurred this man to end the tyrannical rule of the last of a series of kings and establish a more representative form of government, he committed a shocking act that demonstrated his anti-monarchist zeal. Many centuries later, at an appropriate moment in political history, that act inspired a painting by a great artist. Who was the man, what shocking thing did he do, and what is the painting? And who, by the way, was raped?
In the 1930's a group of people spelled together a 4-letter word in an original way. Back then, that this group spelled this word was not shocking. This group never spelled it again, and if they did it now it would be most shocking indeed. Four years later, another group of people spelled the exact same word in pretty much the same way as the first group, and to this day they spell this word, usually about once a week during the fall, and spelling this 4-letter word is not shocking to them at all. What's the word?
Sold into prostitution by one of her own relatives, this orphan was rescued by a man who made her his #2 wife and sponsored her art studies in Europe, Eventually, she became a controversial figure in her homeland owing to her interest in subjects considered entirely acceptable abroad but shocking in her nation. In 1995, she was played in a film by one of her countrywomen, and her life inspired a very recent novel. Who was she?
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