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39 Cards in this Set
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replication
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echo; reverberation
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portentous
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full of unspecified meaning
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spare
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lean; thin
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infirmity
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bodily weakness
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prodigious
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impressively forceful
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augmented
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made greater
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entreated
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begged; pleaded
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resolution
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strong determination
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emulation
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old word for envy
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suit
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old word for petition
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repealing
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old word for "recalling" especially from exile
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oration
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formal speech; given at state occasion, ceremony or funeral
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discourse
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to speak formally and at length
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Epicurus
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believed in freedom from physical and emotional suffering and pain
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envy
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desire for others' possessions
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as lief
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rather
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fain
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willingly
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an
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if
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marry
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indeed
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hence
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away from here
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ere
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before
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dost/doth
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does
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wherefore
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why
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thrice
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three
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durst
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dare
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on't
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on it
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yon(d)
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yonder
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art thou
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are you
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knave
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"jerkface"
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oft
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often
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meet
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proper
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loath
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unwilling
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hie
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to go quickly
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dramatic irony
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when a character fails to recognize realities that are clear to the audience
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syllogism
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method of reasoning/arguing to prove a point; uses Major Premise+Minor Premise
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aside
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reveals characters thoughts and feelings (others onstage)
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soliloquy
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speech made by character along onstage
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monologue
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very long speech by one person without interruption (others onstage)
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catharsis
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arousing pity and fear within an audience and later cleansing them by exhausting these emotions through tragedy
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