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50 Cards in this Set
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antagonist
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person who causes the conflict
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Galatea
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hated women-made a perfect woman (Pygmalion) on statue-fell in love with Pygmalion-married Venus in Cyprus
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symbol
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something tangible representing something intangible
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Thisbe
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youth who killed himself when he believed his love to be dead
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Poseidon
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(Neptune)-God of the sea, horses, and earthquakes
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legend
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story that has been handed down from generation to generation, but may have some real fact
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theme
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central message or insight into life
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Cerberus
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conflict
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a struggle between two opposing forces-protagonist wants something but can't get it because of something else-man vs. man-man vs. nature-man vs. self-man vs. society
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Psyche
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one who learned the importance of trust-married Cupid
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tone
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attitude the author implies
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Andromeda
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protagonist
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person who has the conflict
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heroic tradition
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legends which include the ideas of glory, nobility, justice, adventure, and loyalty
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resolution
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what the character has resolved to
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Cupid
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(Eros)-God of love; son of Venus-married Psyche
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correct writing technique
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start with topic sentence, wrapping up with clincher, all sentences go with paragraph
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chivalry
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code of brave and courteous conduct for knights in the Middle Ages
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Zeus
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(Jupiter)-father of all the gods and goddesses and ruler of Mount Olympus
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Admetus
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allegory
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story where everything's mean to be symbolic-"The Masque of the Red Death"
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epic poetry
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long narrative poem that celebrates teh life of a hero who embodies values of a particular society
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irony of situation
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difference of what you expect to happen and what really happens
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Minotaur
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creature with a man's body and bull's head
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man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self, man vs. society
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forms of conflict
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Pygmalion
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created by Galatea-"perfect woman" kept growing more beautiful
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Venus
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Icarus
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Athena
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(Minverva)-Goddess of wisdom and war
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Labyrinth
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created by Daedalus-maze leading down to the underworld
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Hera
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(Juno)-Goddess of marriage, children, and the home. Wife of Zeus
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Daedalus
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dramatic irony
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we, as the audience, know something the characters don't know
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Aphrodite
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(Venus)-Goddess of love and beauty
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falling action
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right after climax-happens because of climax
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Hephaestus
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(Vulcan)-God of fire and craftsmen; forger of armor
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Hades
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(Pluto)-God of underworld-did not live on Mount Olympus
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Hestia
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(Vesta)-Goddess of hearth and home; sister of Zeus
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verbal irony
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saying one thing, but meaning another
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Hermes
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(Mercury)-Messenger between gods and mortals-god of commerce, travelers, adn thieves
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Apollo
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God of the sun
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Hercules
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had to perform 12 labors-to kill the Nemean Lion, to kill the Hydra, to bring back a live stag, to capture a giant boar, to clean out Augean stables, to fetch a savage bull, to get the man-eating mares, to bring back the girdle of Queen Hippolyta, to bring back cattle of Geryon, to bring back Golden Apples of Hesperides
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Pyramus
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maiden who was thought to have been eaten by a lion
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Ares
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(Mars)-God of war
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initial exciting force
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event that frist shows the conflict
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Artemis
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(Diana-Goddess of the moon and the hunt; patroness of maidens
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exposition
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background information-leads up to conflict
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plot
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actions in story, includes exposition, initial exciting force, rising action, crisis, falling action, and resolution.
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rising action
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all the things that lead up to the climax
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crisis
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decision protagonist makes
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