Just as the routine of courtship is constantly renewed in humans, so the Cartland stories are served by a simple plot in which only the scenery and the characters are changed.

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There is a simple plot.

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The plot is simple, some would say banal.

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In addition to the character-based selection, "Just for Kids" displays rows of TV shows and movies organized by easy-to-understand genres such as superheroes, princesses, dinosaurs and girl power, featuring clear and simple descriptions of the plot of each title.

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The plot of The Artist is fairly simple.

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Equally if not more important has been a change in plot, from the traditional martial violence, simple noble samurai defeating evildoers themes, to more character-driven and sympathetic themes, including love stories or stories of daily life conflict within the social constraints of the Edo period.

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