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epiphany
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the term used in christian theology for a manifestation of God's presence in the world. Taken over by James Joyce to denote secular revelation in the everyday world. A SPECIAL MOMENT OF SUDDEN INSIGHT.
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epitaph
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a form of words in prose or verse suited for inscription on a tomb.
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epithet
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a phrase used to define a characteristic quality or attribute of some person or thing.
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extentialism
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a current in European philosophy whose fundamental premise is "existence proceeds essence" meaning we have no given essence, we must make our own values and meanings in an inherently meaningless & absurd world.
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excegesis
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the interpretation or explanation of a text. First applied to the interpretation of religious scriptures, ubt had been taken over by literary criticism for the analysis of poetry or prose.
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expressionism
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a movement in which image and language express feelings and imagination rather than representing external reality. Presents a world violently distorted under the pressure of intense personal moods, ideas & emotions.
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eye rhyme
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a kind of rhyme in which the spellings of paired words appear to match but are without true correspondence in pronunciation.
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farce
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a comedy built upon an increasingly rapid and improbable series of ludicrous confusions, physical disasters, and sexual innuendoes, among its stock characters that build up to a point of no return. Hilarity mixed with panic and cruelty.
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foil
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a character whose qualities or actions serve to emphasize those of the protagonist by providing strong contrast.
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folio
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a book in which page size results from folding a standard printers sheet of paper in half, forming two leaves. The collected editions of Shakespeare plays published right after his death are referred to as Folios.
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