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As this character talks to an old friend outside the quarry where this character works, he reveals that he threw out his manuscript. In a different film, this character steals foil to fashion himself a crown similar to a character he saw in a theater performance. When his cousin calls off her wedding because of the groom’s mental illness, this character is coaxed into marrying that cousin, who later dies in childbirth, in a film named for (*) The World of [this character]. (10[1]-5[1])A dimly lit scene shows this character learning how to write from his father, while his mother braids his sister’s hair in the foreground. After that sister dies from illness during a thunderstorm, this character discovers a necklace she denied stealing and throws it into the water. For 10 points, what character appears in a trilogy of Satyajit Ray films collectively named for him, including Pather Panchali? ■END■

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