use of the in this sentence

0"He is fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, stricken with the same diseases healed by the same medicine..."02br
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00 I'm curious about the reason for the use of the article 'the' in the sentence.02br
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00I think that they are used because 'He' and another person is stated to use the same things. This contrasts with use of 'the' to specify a particular thing, as there is no particular thing specified, just that given instances of items in the class (of food, weapons, diseases, etc), those instances are the same for 'he' and another person concerned.02br
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00Another thing I want to ask is, if 'the's are omitted from the sentence, would it still sound natural?0-