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STRANGE OVERTONES: THE EXPRESSIONS OF RESENTMENT AND COMPASSION IN YUAN MEI’S WHAT THE MASTER DOES NOT SPEAK OF by Jennifer Thome A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY December 2008 STRANGE OVERTONES: THE EXPRESSIONS OF RESENTMENT AND COMPASSION IN YUAN MEI’S WHAT THE MASTER DOES NOT SPEAK OF by Jennifer Thome has been approved November 2008 Graduate Supervisory Committee: Stephen H. West, Chair Robert J. Cutter Yu Zou ACCEPTED BY THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Abstract The aim of this thesis is to elucidate the social