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55 Cards in this Set
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Fagin
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"Oliver Twist"
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The Fall
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any lapse from a happy or blessed state
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Fallen angel
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anyone who has descended from a state of grace or happiness
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False prophets
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anyone who is dangerous but deceptively fairspoken
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Sir John Falstaff
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"Henry IV";
known for his wit charm and lack of hypocrisy |
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Fates
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three sister goddesses who preside over the birth, life, and death of men
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Fat of the land
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to live in luxury
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Feet of clay
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anything that is much admired, but proves to have a fatal weakness
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Ferdinand
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(1) "The Tempest"
(2) a gentle bull who likes small children |
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Fishers of men
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"winners of souls"
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Flesh pots of Egypt
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sinful luxuries
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Fly in the ointment
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the one drawback in an otherwise satisfactory situation
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Forbidden Fruit
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any desired but prohibited object
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Pestilence, War, Death, and Famine
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Frankenstein
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the creation that turns on its creator
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Friar Laurence
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"Romeo and Juliet"
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Friar Tuck
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"Robin Hood"
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Friday
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"Robinson Crusoe";
a constant, loyal, almost indispensable helper |
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Gabriel
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messenger of God;
announced birth of John the Bap. and Jesus; announce day of judgement |
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Gaea
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Greek personification of the earth as goddess;
producer of the Titans |
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Sir Galahad
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one of the knights on Arthur's table;
reaches the Holy Grail |
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Galatea
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Aphrodite caused him to fall in love with a statue;
Inspiration for "My Fair Lady" |
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Ganymede
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any youth of extraordinary beauty
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Garden of the Hesperides
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golden apples
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Gargantua
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enormous, gigantic
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Jay Gatsby
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James Gatz;
suggests the emptiness of the American success myth |
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Gawain
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knight of the round table;
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" |
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Gehenna
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hell
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Genesis
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"to be born"
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Genius
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the unique character of a language, a historical period or a country
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Evil genius
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a person who exercises a harmful influence upon the actions and character of another
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Gethsemane
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any lonely ordeal or any scene of suffering
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Get thee behind me, Satan
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a proverbial formula for renouncing a temptation
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Giants in the earth
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used in reference to greatness and glory of mankind in bygone days
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Gideon
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led Israelites agains Midianites;
Bibles in hotel rooms |
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Lady Godiva
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rode naked through the town at noon
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Golden Age
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any particularly prosperous and creative era
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Golden calf
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money or materialism
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Golden fleece
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the fleece of a pure gold, winged ram
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Golden rule
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"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you"
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Goneril
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"King Lear"
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Good Samaritan
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any charitable person, especially one who rescues or helps out a needy stranger
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Gordian knot
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any complex problem
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Gorgons
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Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa- 3 Ugly sisters= serpant hair, hands of brass, scaley bodies, and tusks for teeth.
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Gospel
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an assertion or statement of unimpeachable source or character
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Gotterdammerung
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the twilight of the gods
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Graces
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Mirth, Splendor, and Good Cheer
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Grail
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any high ideal or object of a spiritual quest
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Dorian Gray
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his awful life left its mark on the face of his portrait
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Greeks bearing gifts
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suspicion of an enemy who suddenly makes a peace offering
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Green pastures
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any pleasant place
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Grendel
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"Beowolf"
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Guinevere
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Wife of King Arthur
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Gulliver
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satire on some of the costoms, institutions and innovations of the time
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Ben Gunn
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half crazed pirate in "Treasure Island"
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