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After first arriving in new york, charlie parker took a job as a dishwasher at jimmy's chicken shack, where played the piano nightly. listening to his astonishing harmonic restructuring, virtuoso phrasing, and breakneck tempos every night for three months, charlie parker challenged himself to adopt these qualities into his playing, and he continued to practice tirelessly.

During which century can it be inferred that "the masque of the red death" probably occurred?

Which does the author mean by " nature had to kindle all the fires, for man by his own effort was unable to produce a spark