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Why does を show the nuance of the speaker being prejudiced in this ?

Example:

**With は**

> 窓は田中さんに開けられた

> The window was opened by Tanaka

**With を**

> 田中さんに窓を開けられた

> Tanaka opened the window [and now I am annoyed]
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particles passive-voice
は and を with Passive verb
The way I read this, 田中さんに is the key part when combined with 〜られた. When you
say だれかさん **に** こう **された** this implies that somebody (だれかさん) did this (こう) to
you ( された). The implication being that the thing which was done to you is not
something that you liked.

If you just said, 田中さんが窓を開けた that would normally be understood as a simple
statement of fact. Tanaka opened the window. Okay, no problem (depending on
the context).

But if you change the context... let's say that you are sitting in an air-
conditioned room on a hot day, and Tanaka complains that it's too cold in the
room. He wants to open the window to make things warmer... you tell him not
to... you bicker about it for a while and he appears to comply. But then five
minutes later he gets up and opens the window anyway. You give him a glare of
annoyance but just accept it.

Later, someone else walks into the room and remarks on how warm it is in here,
and why do you guys have the window open while the air-conditioner is running?
You turn to him and reply with annoyance, 田中さんに窓を開けられた.

You could also have said 田中さん **が** 窓を開けた, and the implication (considering
the context of the situation and the tone of your voice) would still
communicate your annoyance and the accusation at Tanaka. But the use of に adds
a bit more of an accusatory nuance, implying that opening the window is
something Tanaka did _to you_ , as if it were an offense that he committed
upon you personally.

Context is important when conveying nuance, but sometimes you can change the
parts of sentence to make that nuance more explicit. Like in this case, using
に窓を開けられた instead of が窓を開けた.
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