But first we need to establish a few things about the occasion for this piece and about the genre, the literary genre of the mask in general.

但首先我们必须建立一些,关于此作品与流派，一般文学体裁《面具》的场合。

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It's a literary genre that dates back to late classical Greece and which typically charts the trials and tribulations of a hero, in many cases the trials and tribulations of a virginal heroine.

它是一种文学流派，可以追溯到古典希腊时期,这种流派规划了一位英雄了考验和磨难，许多情况下是给一位童贞的女英雄的考验和磨难。

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