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11 Cards in this Set
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Jack and Judahs father, a Rabbi, who holds very traditional Jewish beliefs. He would rather choose God over the truth. Symbolically represents Socrates. |
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Jack |
Judahs gangster brother who commissions the contract killer. |
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Barbara |
Cliffords sister who has the worst date on earth. A man ties her to the bed and defecates on her. |
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Judah |
The ophthalmologist who is having an affair with Deloris and who hires a hit man to kill her. |
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Aunt May |
Symbolic representative of Thrasymachus. She is Judah and Jacks aunt. She holds that might makes right and injustice pays. |
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Wendy |
Cliffords very cold wife. She is cynical, hates her husband and seems to be in love with her brother Lester. |
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Lester |
Millionaire movie/tv producer. He treats everyone like dirt. He hates his brother in law Clifford, but gets on very well with his fawning sister Wendy. He marries Halley in the end. |
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Ben |
Rabbi who is going blind. He is Judahs best friend. He gives spiritual advice and could not imagine a world without Gods loving grace. |
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Deloris |
Judahs neurotic mistress. She threats to expose Judahs affair and embezzlement. She is killed by a hit man. |
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Clifford |
A documentary film maker who is married to Wendy and has a sister Barbara. He is always in a battle with his brother in law, Lester. He is trying to make a documentary about a philosophy professor; however, the professor kills himself. |
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Halley |
Executive producer who hangs around with Clifford but becomes engaged to Lester. |
