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Prometheus
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wise Titan that sided with Zeus on the war with the Titans
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Eugenie Danglars
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Baron's daughter; on her wedding night she leaves for Italy with her piano teacher, Louise d'Armilly
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Persephone
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Queen of Underworld; daughter of Demeter
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Maduka
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Obierika's son, wins wrestling match
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Castle Rock
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Punishment, violence, constraint
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Telemachus
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son of Odysseus
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Poseidon
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Ruler of Sea & underground rivers; gave man horse; triton; "Earth shaker"; Neptune
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Mr. Pilkington
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Easy going gentleman who spent most of his time fishing and hunting, owns Foxwood
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Obiageli
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Nwoye's arrogant sister who breaks her pot, friends with Ezinma
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The Graces
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entertainment; 3 women; always together
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Haydee
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daughter of Ali Pasha; sold to slavery after her father is betrayed by Fernand and murdered; Dantes purchases her and falls in love with her
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The Cat
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Disappears whenever there is work, tries to tempt birds with comradeship
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Demeter
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Goddess of corn; lost daughter Persephone to Hades
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Ajofia
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Leading egwugwu of Umuofia
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Tybalt
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A Capulet, Juliet's cousin on her mother's side. Vain, fashionable, supremely aware of courtesy and the lack of it, he becomes aggressive, violent, and quick to draw his sword when he feels his pride has been injured. Once drawn, his sword is something to be feared. He loathes Montagues.
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Pandora
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first woman created by Zeus; opens a box full of evil things that are now on the earth; given to Epimetheus
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George Orwell
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Wrote Animal Farm
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Demeter
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Goddess of corn; lost daughter Persephone to Hades
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Muriel
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Goat that picked up reading fast, would sometimes read to other animals
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King Acrisius
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locked Danae up in a brass chamber for fear that her son would be mightier than him; he put Danae and Perseus in a chest to hopefully die
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Eros
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God of love; Cupid; represented blindfolded
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Squealer
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Very persuasive porker
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Doctor d'Avrigny
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doctor treating Villefort family
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Brass Stage
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men were terrible, strong, and loved war and violence; eventually destroyed themselves.
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Paris
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Prince of Troy, Son of Priam, who stole Helen from Menelaus because Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world
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Mountain
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Perspective, power, truth
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Moses
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Tame raven that tells stories about sugarcandy mountain, spy and a tale-bearer
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Agamemnon
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Greek warrior who sacrifices his own daughter so that the Greek army can sail; steals Briseis from Achilles when his maiden, Chryseis, must be given back to her father
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Telemachus
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son of Odysseus
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Hippolytus
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son of Theseus and Antiope; accused of raping Phaedra and Theseus had him killed but afterwards Apollo told Theseus that he had not raped her
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Johnny
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One of the smaller littluns who has a mean streak nonetheless.
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Royal Python
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"Our Father"
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Mollie
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Foolish, pretty white mare
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Ariadne
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daughter of King Minos; fell in love with Theseus and promised to help him destroy the Minotaur if he would marry her; never did get married
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Achilles
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Greatest Greek warrior, his prize is Briseis whom Agamemnon steals, only vulnerable place is his heel, prophecy that he would die in the Trojan war, which he does at the hand of Paris
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Dionysus's resurrection
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he died with the coming of cold but he is always brought back to life in the spring
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Poseidon
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Ruler of Sea; ruled underground rivers
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Parachutist
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Man's inhumanity to man, man's ultimate end
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Littluns
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The littlest boys, around ages six and up. They remain with Ralph during the mutiny.
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Cerberus
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3-headed dragon-tailed dog; permits spirits to enter not leave
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Alfred Simmons
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Horse slaughter, purchases Boxer for whiskey
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Iweka
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Obierika's father, friend of Uchendu
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Nwoye
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Okonwo's first wife's son, converts to Christianity after being captured by the "poetry" of the religion, renamed Isaac
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Beauchamp
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well known journalist; Albert's good friend
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Lucien Debray
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French minister of the interior's secretary; sneaks government secrets to his lover, Madame Danglars
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Epimetheus's gift to animals
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gave animals strength, swiftness, courage, fur, feathers, wings, shells, etc.
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Phaedra
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wife of Theseus; fell in love with Hippolytus ( Theseus's son) but he rejected her; accused him of raping her but he did not; later killed herself when Hippolytus was killed
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King Theseus
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was a wise and disinterested king; resigned power and formed a people's government
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Artemis
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Huntsman for gods; slayed many with silver arrows; Apollo's twin sister; Diana
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Aneto
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Kills Oduche and fled but was caught by white men and hung in Umuru
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locusts
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rare occurence, come once a year for sever years then go away for another lifetime, = whites
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Perseus's birth
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Zeus came to Danae in her brass chamber and it rained gold
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Ares
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God of war; hated by parents, Hera & Zeus; murdurous, cowardly; Mars
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Hephateus
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God of fire; deformed God; cast out of heaven, loved on Earth; Vulcan
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Ndulue
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Oldest men in Ire village, husband of Ozoemena
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Poseidon
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Ruler of Sea; ruled underground rivers
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Abame
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Village who kills the first white man they see, later destroyed by whites
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Charon
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boatman in Underworld
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Danae
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Perseus's mother; Zeus had come to her in her brass chamber; Her father King Acrisius did not want her to bear a migthtier son than he
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Brass Stage
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men were terrible, strong, and loved war and violence; eventually destroyed themselves.
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Priam
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King of Troy; father of Paris and Hector
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Pyramus
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killed himself when he believed Thisbe had died; caused the mulberries to turn a deep red
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Night
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when Cupid comes to be with Psyche so she cannot see him
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Uchendu
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Okonkwo's uncle who receives him into Mbanta
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Hercules
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son of Alcmene and Zeus; extremely strong but lacked in intelligence
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Monsieur Noirtier de Villefort
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public prosecutor's father; formerly a high-ranking Bonapartist; becomes paralyzed after suffering an apoplectic stroke
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Hestia
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Zeus's sister; Goddess of Hearth; Vesta
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Epimetheus
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Prometheus's brother; scatter-brained god
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Hades
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Ruler of Underworld
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obi
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living quarters of the head of the family
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Bertuccio
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Dantes's steward; has vendetta against Villefort; stepfather of Benedetto
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Minotaur
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half man, half bull that ate the sacrifices from Athens; eventually killed by Theseus
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Helen
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wife of Menelaus; taken by Paris; cause of the Trojan War
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Benjamin
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Bad-tempered donkey, oldest animal on the farm, never laughs
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Amadi
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Famous leper with "white" skin
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Antigone
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took care of her blind father Oedipus and buried her brother
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Zephyr
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the west wind
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Okeke
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Reverend Smith's interpreter
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Zeus
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cheif god; wielded lightning bolts; love affairs; Lord of Sky, Clouds, & Rain; Jupiter
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Triton
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Trumpeter of Sea; son of Poseidon & Amphrite
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Violation of Week of Peace
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Okonkwo beats Ojiugo for her "negligence"
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Proteus
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Poseidon's son or attendant; power of telling future & changing shape
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Europa
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Lovely maiden, Zeus turns into a bull, carries her on his back, Europe named after her
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Okoli
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Kills the sacred python, later dies mysteriously
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Akunna
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Great man of Umuofia who gives his son to be taught in Mr. Brown's school, discusses Umuofian religion with Mr. Brown
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Egonwanne
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Speaks of peace, weak, Okonkwo believes he is the greatest obstacle to the clan
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ikenga
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pieces of wood, Umuofian idols
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Paris
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Prince of Troy, Son of Priam, who stole Helen from Menelaus because Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world
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Agamemnon
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Greek warrior who sacrifices his own daughter so that the Greek army can sail; steals Briseis from Achilles when his maiden, Chryseis, must be given back to her father
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Beast
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inhumanity
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Mr. Whymper
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Solicitor living in London, acted as a middle man for the animals and humans
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Rosaline
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The woman with whom Romeo is infatuated at the beginning of the play. Rosaline never appears onstage, but it is said by other characters that she is very beautiful and has sworn to live a life of chastity.
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Muses
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9 not known as seperate but as one; gave inspiration to mortals
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Henry
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The biggest of the littluns. He is made the object of a mean-spirited prank by Roger.
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Hermes
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messenger of Zeus; carried Caduces; herald of souls to Underworld; Mercury
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Lord of the Flies (pig head)
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The Devil, decay, destrustion
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Mask
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Facade, means hiding self from self
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Nwakibie
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Wealthy man, gives Okonkwo 800 yam seeds
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Benvolio
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Montague's nephew, Romeo's cousin and thoughtful friend, he makes a genuine effort to defuse violent scenes in public places, though Mercutio accuses him of having a nasty temper in private. He spends most of the play trying to help Romeo get his mind off Rosaline, even after Romeo has fallen in love with Juliet.
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Achilles
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Greatest Greek warrior, his prize is Briseis whom Agamemnon steals, only vulnerable place is his heel, prophecy that he would die in the Trojan war, which he does at the hand of Paris
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cowry
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shells, act as currency of Ibo
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Onyeka
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Introduces Okika and rallies the Umuofians
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Stone People
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people that used to be rocks; Deucalion and Pyrrha cast the stones behind them and they took on human form.
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Valentine
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public prosecutor's daughter; in love with Maximilien; poisoned by her stepmother
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Psyche's sisters
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make Psyche think that her husband (Cupid) is a serpent which causes her to break his rule of not looking at him
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Midas
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King who wishes for everything he touches to turn to gold; given donkey ears after choosing Pan's music over Apollo's
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chi
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personal god
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Artemis
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Huntsman for gods; slayed many with silver arrows; Apollo's twin sister; Diana
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Ralph
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The elected leader of the boys and the main protagonist. He is neither the smartest nor the strongest but has a kind of quiet charisma and good looks. He tries to keep the boys focused on domestic order and the rules of civilization but loses his authority and almost his life to Jack's seizure of power.
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Chukwu
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Umuofia's God
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Hercules
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son of Alcmene and Zeus; extremely strong but lacked in intelligence
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Europa
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Lovely maiden, Zeus turns into a bull, carries her on his back, Europe named after her
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Odysseus
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King of Ithaca, husband of Penelope, father of Telemanchus, son of Larertes. He is the first of the Greek epic heros to be renowned for his brain as well as his muscle. Hero of the Trojan War
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Hippolytus
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son of Theseus and Antiope; accused of raping Phaedra and Theseus had him killed but afterwards Apollo told Theseus that he had not raped her
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Mercutio
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A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo's close friend.
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Simon
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The visionary of the group. Given to fainting spells and spending time alone in the jungle, he is considered odd by the other boys. Only he understands the true nature of the beast they fear, and only he has the courage to investigate the eerie creature sighted on the mountain. Before he can reveal what he has learned, he is killed in a tribal ritual gone too far.
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Thisbe
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killed herself when she found that Pyramus had committed suicide for her
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Prometheus's gift to mankind
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made humans upright, god-like, and a flaming fire from the son.
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District Commissioner
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Stereotypical white, calls 6 Umuofian men to Umuru for a meeting, instead he puts them in handcuffs and locks them up, talks to Obierika about Okonkwo's death, decides to write a book called The ger which dehumanizes Africans to a paragraph in a book
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Umuachi
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Farthest village in Umuofia, Chielo visits it on her midnight walk with Ezinma
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Ozoemena
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Ndulue's wife, dies with him because they are "one"
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Sleep & Death
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Brothers; sent dreams to mortals
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Stone People
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people that used to be rocks; Deucalion and Pyrrha cast the stones behind them and they took on human form.
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Cerberus
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3-headed dragon-tailed dog; permits spirits to enter not leave
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Iron Age
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Men live in evil times; have an evil nature; continuously grow worse
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Andromeda
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a maiden that Perseus had met on his voyage home; he saved her from serpents that were supposed to eat her and they got married
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Umuru
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Headquarters of white men on the bank of the Niger, "The Great River"
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Hades
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King of Underorld; Zeus's brother; "Dis"; Pluto
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Jack Merridew
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The leader of the choir/hunters. Already militant as a choir leader, He leads his group of choirboys-turned-hunters in mutiny against Ralph's leadership by playing on the boys' baser instincts. He favors hunting and its savage reward of meat over the civilized domesticity and hope for rescue that Ralph tries to maintain.
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Ekwefi
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Okonkwo's second wife, Ezinma's mother
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Perseus
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son of Danae and Zeus; with the help of Hermes and Athena he slayed Medusa's head off
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The Apothecary
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An apothecary in Mantua. Had he been wealthier, he might have been able to afford to value his morals more than money, and refused to sell poison to Romeo.
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ilo
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village courtyard
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Robert
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A bigun who plays the role of the pig in one of the tribal dances that reenact a hunt. He is hurt when the dance turns into a fierce beating.
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Ukegbu
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Ibe's father
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The Graces
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entertainment; 3 women; always together
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Hestia
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Zeus's sister; Goddess of Hearth; Vesta
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Abram
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Montague's servant, who fights with Sampson and Gregory in the first scene of the play.
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Reverend Smith
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Replaces Mr. Brown, strict and uncompromising, stereotypical white colonialist
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Chielo
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Current priestess
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usu
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outcast
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Edmond Dantes
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first mate of Pharaon; sent to jail jail for treason;seeks revenge on Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort;goes under aliases of Abbe Busoni, Sindbad the Sailor, Lord Wilmore, and the Count of Monte Cristo
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Adonis
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Aphrodite and Persephone both loved him; was killed by a boar and a flower sprang up where drops of his blood stained the earth
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Amalinze the Cat
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Famous wrestler who Okonkwo defeated at the age of 18
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Pygmalion
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thought his art was enough for him and that he did not need a woman; created a statue of a beautiful woman (Galatea) and fell in love with it
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Akueke
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Obierika's daughter, marries her suitor Ibe
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Mr. Kiaga
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Ibo missionary who was converted and controls church in Mbanta
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Ani
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Earth goddess, most important deity
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umunna
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wide group of male kinsmen
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Okudo
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Famous man in the war against Isike, not a fighter but a motivator who turned his men into "lions"
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Priam
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King of Troy; father of Paris and Hector
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Nneka
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First woman convert of Mbanta who keeps bearing twins, not a big loss, the name is the most common and means "Mother is Supreme"
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Menelaus
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Husband of Helen, king of Sparta, and brother to Agamemnon
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Sampson & Gregory
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Two servants of the house of Capulet, who, like their master, hate the Montagues. At the outset of the play, they successfully provoke some Montague men into a fight.
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Okonkwo
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Protagonist, well respected man in Umuofia, 3 wives, 2 barns full of yams, banished after he accidentally kills Ogbuefi Ezeudu's son, hangs himself and he kills messenger, "Roaring Flame",
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Forest
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Unknown, hiding
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Pyramus
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killed himself when he believed Thisbe had died; caused the mulberries to turn a deep red
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Apollo
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most Greek of all gods; God of Light/Truth; known for music; twin sister, Artemis
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Balthasar
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Romeo's dedicated servant, who brings Romeo the news of Juliet's death, unaware that her death is a ruse.
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Spring
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when Demeter gets to have Persephone with her
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Theseus's task
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he has to roll a large stone to retrieve the sword and shoes to return to his father; how he can claim King Aegeus as his father
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Fire
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Civilization, the hearth, hope, community celebration
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Ares
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God of war; hated by parents, Hera & Zeus; murdurous, cowardly; Mars
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Deucalion and Pyrrha
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two survivors of the flood - (Prometheus's son and daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora)
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Ifejioku
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God of yams
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King Aegeus
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King of Athens; Theseus's father; almost kills Theseus in fear of his popularity until he realizes it is his son
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Benedetto
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illegitimate son of Villefort and Madame Danglars; raised by Bertuccio and his sister-in-law; goes by the name Andrea Cavalcanti in one of Dantes' revenge schemes
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Winter
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when Demeter loses Persephone to Hades for four months
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Ocean
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Lord of River Ocean; wife Tethys; Oceanids daughters
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Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher
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The farm dogs
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Mbaino
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Umuofia's neighboring hostile village, Ikemefuna's village
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Zephyr
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the west wind
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Triton
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Trumpeter of Sea; son of Poseidon & Amphrite
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Narcissus
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created by Zeus to help lure Persephone to the underworld; a beautiful boy that fell in love with himself and spent his life looking at his reflection
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Perseus's birth
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Zeus came to Danae in her brass chamber and it rained gold
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Hermes
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messenger of Zeus; carried Caduces; herald of souls to Underworld; Mercury
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Okoye
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Unoka's friend, good musician
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Ojiugo
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Okonkwo's third wife
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Glasses
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Ability to see clearly, to perceive what is best
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Romeo
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The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague.
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Helen
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wife of Menelaus; taken by Paris; cause of the Trojan War
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Prometheus
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wise Titan that sided with Zeus on the war with the Titans
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Baron Danglars
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decides to frame Dantes for treason; he is wealthy until Monte Cristo takes revenge and he loses everything
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Fourth Stage
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filled with a race of god-like heroes; had great adventures and wars
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Sam and Eric
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The twin boys who are in charge of keeping the signal fire going. Until they are captured by the tribe, they remain loyal to Ralph. They speak as one, often finishing each other's sentences, so that the other boys pronounce their two names as one word.
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efulefu
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worthless man
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Pygmalion
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thought his art was enough for him and that he did not need a woman; created a statue of a beautiful woman (Galatea) and fell in love with it
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The Furies
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Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera; punishers of evil-doers
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Ikemefuna
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Given to Umuofia by Mbaino, Okonkwo takes care of him, establishes a strong relationship with Nwoye, Oracle says he must die and Okonkwo slashes him down
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Hebe
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Goddess of youth; only story of marriage to Hercules; daughter of Zeus & Hera
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Okika
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Great man and orator of Umuofia who talks first at the meeting about the white men
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Mrs. Jones
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Flees the farm along with Moses
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ozo
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one of titles Okonkwo wants for Nwoye
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Percival Wemys Madison
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A littlun who has a nervous breakdown and is often picked on by the other littluns. He introduces the idea that the beast might arrive from the sea.
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Golden Stage
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first stage of man; lived like gods
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Sleep & Death
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Brothers; sent dreams to mortals
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Adonis
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Aphrodite and Persephone both loved him; was killed by a boar and a flower sprang up where drops of his blood stained the earth
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Joseph Conrad
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Author of Heart of Darkness which inspires Chinua Achebe to write Thing's Fall Apart
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Danae
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Perseus's mother; Zeus had come to her in her brass chamber; Her father King Acrisius did not want her to bear a migthtier son than he
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Oedipus Rex
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solved the Riddle of the Sphinx, killed his father and married his mother; put out his eyes afterwards as punishment
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Lady Montague
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Romeo's mother, Montague's wife. She dies of grief after Romeo is exiled from Verona.
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Hector
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Greatest Trojan warrior, husband of Andromache, has Ares on his side, duels with Achilles
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Hyacinthus
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Apollo threw a discus that passed the goal and killed him; flower sprung up where he had bled
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kotma
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court messenger
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Psyche
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beautiful girl that Venus (Aphrodite) is jealous of
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Odukwe
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Mgbafo's sister who says Uzowulu beat her severely
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King Polydectes
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king of Seriphos who fell in love with Danae but she refused him; tricked Perseus into trying to get him a Gorgons head
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Worship of Dionysus
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Freedom and ecstatic joy; savage brutality.
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Muses
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9 not known as seperate but as one; gave inspiration to mortals
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Abbe Faria
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the priest who Dantes meets in prison; reveals Spada family treasure to Edmond
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Hyacinthus
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Apollo threw a discus that passed the goal and killed him; flower sprung up where he had bled
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Nurse
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Juliet's faithful confidante and loyal intermediary in Juliet's affair with Romeo.
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Aphrodite
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Godess of Love/Beauty; born of sea foaml wife of Hephateus (sometimes) & mother of Eros; Venus
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seven
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most important number in the Ibo tribe
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King Aegeus
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King of Athens; Theseus's father; almost kills Theseus in fear of his popularity until he realizes it is his son
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Io
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young maiden Zeus had fallen in love with; Hera turned her into a heifer
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Beach
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Safety, openness, games, communication
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Fourth Stage
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filled with a race of god-like heroes; had great adventures and wars
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Persephone
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Queen of Underworld; daughter of Demeter
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Winter
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when Demeter loses Persephone to Hades for four months
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Lady Capulet
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Juliet's mother, Capulet's wife. A woman who herself married young (by her own estimation she gave birth to Juliet at close to the age of fourteen), she is eager to see her daughter marry Paris. She is an ineffectual mother, relying on the Nurse for moral and pragmatic support.
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ndichie
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elders
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Prometheus's gift to mankind
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made humans upright, god-like, and a flaming fire from the son.
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Amikwu
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Uchendu's youngest son, get's married, sees Nwoye with Christians
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King Theseus
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was a wise and disinterested king; resigned power and formed a people's government
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Odysseus
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King of Ithaca, husband of Penelope, father of Telemanchus, son of Larertes. He is the first of the Greek epic heros to be renowned for his brain as well as his muscle. Hero of the Trojan War
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Nwayieke
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Notorious for late cooking
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iba
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fever
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Penelope
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wife of Odysseus
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Lord Montague
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Romeo's father, the patriarch of the Montague clan and bitter enemy of Capulet. At the beginning of the play, he is chiefly concerned about Romeo's melancholy.
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Maurice
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A bigun who becomes one of Jack's key supporters, accompanying him on the raids on Ralph's camp.
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Louis Dantes
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Dantes' father; starves to death while dantes is in jail
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Minos
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king of Crete; promised peace with Athens if they sacrificed 7 young men and 7 maidens to him every nine years to feed to the Minotaur
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ogwu
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medicine
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Hephateus
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God of fire; deformed God; cast out of heaven, loved on Earth; Vulcan
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Dionysus's resurrection
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he died with the coming of cold but he is always brought back to life in the spring
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Old Major
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Prize Middle White boar, real name is Willingdon beauty, 12 years old, spreads the word of rebellion to the other animals
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Ekwensu
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Evil Spirit
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The Furies
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Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera; punishers of evil-doers
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Obuefi Ezuego
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Powerful orator in Umuofia
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Prince Escalus
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The Prince of Verona. A kinsman of Mercutio and Paris. As the seat of political power in Verona, he is concerned about maintaining the public peace at all costs.
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Phaedra
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wife of Theseus; fell in love with Hippolytus ( Theseus's son) but he rejected her; accused him of raping her but he did not; later killed herself when Hippolytus was killed
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Dionysus
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God of wine; son of Zeus and Semele
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Agbala
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Goddess of the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves, also means woman or man without a title
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Boxer
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cart-horse, nearly 18 hands high with a white stripe down his nose, making him look stupid. Extremely strong, 11 years old when he dies
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Semele
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mortal lover of Zeus; burnt to death upon beholding his true for after being tricked by Hera
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Minimus
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A pig with a gift for songwriting and poetry
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Friar John
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A Franciscan friar charged by Friar Lawrence with taking the news of Juliet's false death to Romeo in Mantua. Friar John is held up in a quarantined house, and the message never reaches Romeo.
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Galatea
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the statue that Pygmalion had created; Venus granted his wish to have a woman like his statue and brought her to life
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Juliet
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The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet.
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Iguedo
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Okonkwo's specific village, one of the nine Umuofian villages
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Hades
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Ruler of Underworld
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Galatea
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the statue that Pygmalion had created; Venus granted his wish to have a woman like his statue and brought her to life
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Night
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when Cupid comes to be with Psyche so she cannot see him
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Albert de Morcerf
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son of Fernand and Mercedes; abandons his father with Mercedes
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Hebe
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Goddess of youth; only story of marriage to Hercules; daughter of Zeus & Hera
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Madame de Villefort
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public prosecutor's wife; poisons Monsieur and Madame de Saint Meran, Barrois, and Valentine; later kills herself and Edouard
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Obiako
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Palm-wine tapper who suddenly gives up his trade
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Narcissus
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created by Zeus to help lure Persephone to the underworld; a beautiful boy that fell in love with himself and spent his life looking at his reflection
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Cupid
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also known as Eros; Aphrodite's son; fell in love with Pyche
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Ogbuefi Udo
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Wife is killed by Mbaino, receives a virgin from Mbaino as his new wife
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Minotaur
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half man, half bull that ate the sacrifices from Athens; eventually killed by Theseus
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Thisbe
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killed herself when she found that Pyramus had committed suicide for her
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Minos
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king of Crete; promised peace with Athens if they sacrificed 7 young men and 7 maidens to him every nine years to feed to the Minotaur
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Ogbuefi Ugonna
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Respected man of Umuofia with two titles who joins Church
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Okagbu Uyanwa
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Medicine man who finds Ezinma's iyi uwa
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Semele
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mortal lover of Zeus; burnt to death upon beholding his true for after being tricked by Hera
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Charon
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boatman in Underworld
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Silver Stage
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had very little intelligence
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Dionysus
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God of wine; son of Zeus and Semele
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Ogbuefi Ezeudu
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Oldest man in Umuofia, tells news from the Oracle about Ikemefuna, suddenly dies, had three of the four titles, well respected, large funeral
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Worship of Dionysus
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Freedom and ecstatic joy; savage brutality.
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Paris
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A kinsman of the Prince, and the suitor of Juliet most preferred by Capulet. Once Capulet has promised him he can marry Juliet, he behaves very presumptuous toward, acting as if they are already married.
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Ezeani
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Priestess of Ani, informs Okonkwo of the punishment he must fulfill for his violation of the Week of Peace
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Peter
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A Capulet servant who invites guests to Capulet's feast and escorts the Nurse to meet with Romeo.
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Aheron, Cocytus, Styx
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rivers of Underworld
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Psyche
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beautiful girl that Venus (Aphrodite) is jealous of
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Chateau-Renaud
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he is a baron; friend of Albert; Maximilien saves his life
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Franz d'Epinay
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friend of Albert's; meets the count in Rome during carnival; arranged to marry Valentine
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Aheron, Cocytus, Styx
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rivers of Underworld
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Io
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young maiden Zeus had fallen in love with; Hera turned her into a heifer
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Mr. Brown
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White missionary who is in charge, maintains the main church in Iguedo, gets sick and has to leave, humane, respectful, liked by Umuofia
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Athena
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Zeus's favorite child; gray-eyed; carried Aegis; born out of Zeus's head; Minerva
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Ibo
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Name of Okonkwo's tribal people
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Conch
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Authority, order
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Roger
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A sly, secretive boy who displays, early on, a cruelty toward the weak and vulnerable. Once joining Jack's tribe, he becomes the hangman, causing Piggy's death, torturing Samneric (Sam and Eric) until they join the tribe, and preparing a stick on which to mount Ralph's head.
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Clover
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Cart-horse, a stout motherly mare who gave birth to 4 foals
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Snowball
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Vivacious pig, quick of speech, inventive, shallow in character
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Pandora
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first woman created by Zeus; opens a box full of evil things that are now on the earth; given to Epimetheus
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iyi uwa
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sacred stone which links ogbanje to spirit world, solves recurring deaths
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Enoch
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Fanatical Christian convert, rips off the mask of an egwugwu, father is priest of the snake cult, Umuofia burns his house
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Lord Capulet
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The patriarch of the Capulet family, father of Juliet, husband of Lady Capulet, and enemy, for unexplained reasons, of Montague.
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Friar Lawrence
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He secretly marries the impassioned lovers in hopes that the union might eventually bring peace to Verona.
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Madame Danglars
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Baron's wife; involved in a never ending string of love affairs which bring her husband to financial ruin
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Golden Stage
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first stage of man; lived like gods
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Chika
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Priestess of Agbala when Okonkwo was a sharecropper
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Poseidon
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Ruler of Sea & underground rivers; gave man horse; triton; "Earth shaker"; Neptune
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Zeus
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cheif god; wielded lightning bolts; love affairs; Lord of Sky, Clouds, & Rain; Jupiter
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Andromeda
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a maiden that Perseus had met on his voyage home; he saved her from serpents that were supposed to eat her and they got married
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Caderousse
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innkeeper; becomes criminal; blackmails and is killed by Benedetto
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Proteus
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Poseidon's son or attendant; power of telling future & changing shape
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Unoka
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Okonkwo's lazy, gentle, and idle father, debtor, good flute player, scared of blood, failure
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Athena
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Zeus's favorite child; gray-eyed; carried Aegis; born out of Zeus's head; Minerva
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Mbanta
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Okonkwo's motherland
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Silver Stage
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had very little intelligence
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Uzowulu
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Pleads his case to the egwugwu to try and get his wife Mgbafo back
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Aphrodite
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Godess of Love/Beauty; born of sea foaml wife of Hephateus (sometimes) & mother of Eros; Venus
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Eros
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God of love; Cupid; represented blindfolded
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Perseus
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son of Danae and Zeus; with the help of Hermes and Athena he slayed Medusa's head off
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Epimetheus
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Prometheus's brother; scatter-brained god
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Hera
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wife of Zeus; protector of married women; Juno
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Hades
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King of Underorld; Zeus's brother; "Dis"; Pluto
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Deucalion and Pyrrha
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two survivors of the flood - (Prometheus's son and daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora)
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Hector
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Greatest Trojan warrior, husband of Andromache, has Ares on his side, duels with Achilles
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yam
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king of all crops
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Menelaus
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Husband of Helen, king of Sparta, and brother to Agamemnon
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Mr. Frederick
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Tough, shrewd man who drove hard bargains, owns Pinchfield
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Iron Age
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Men live in evil times; have an evil nature; continuously grow worse
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Ariadne
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daughter of King Minos; fell in love with Theseus and promised to help him destroy the Minotaur if he would marry her; never did get married
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Piggy
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Subject of the group's ridicule for his weight, asthma, and general lack of physical prowess or stamina. He provides the brains of the group, as well as the spectacles necessary to start the fire. Loyal to Ralph and all he represents, His death leaves Ralph alone, pitted in social isolation against Jack's tribe.
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King Acrisius
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locked Danae up in a brass chamber for fear that her son would be mightier than him; he put Danae and Perseus in a chest to hopefully die
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Cupid
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also known as Eros; Aphrodite's son; fell in love with Pyche
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King Polydectes
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king of Seriphos who fell in love with Danae but she refused him; tricked Perseus into trying to get him a Gorgons head
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Oedipus Rex
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solved the Riddle of the Sphinx, killed his father and married his mother; put out his eyes afterwards as punishment
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Monsieur de Villefort
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public prosecutor who sends Dantes to jail; has affair with Madame Danglars; goes insane when Monte Cristo allows almost his whole family to be killed
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Apollo
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most Greek of all gods; God of Light/Truth; known for music; twin sister, Artemis
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Mercedes
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Edmond Dantes' fiance; marries Fernand while Dantes is in jail
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Island
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A microcosm of the world
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Okolo
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First ancester of Okonkwo and Uchendu's family
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Ali
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Monte Cristo's mute Nubian slave
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Scar
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like a birth mark or defect
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Hera
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wife of Zeus; protector of married women; Juno
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Mr. Jones
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Drunk farmer who owns Manor Farm
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Maximilien
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son of Dantes' former employer; in love with Valentine
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The 'Flies'
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Followers of Beelzebub, the Devil
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Theseus's task
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he has to roll a large stone to retrieve the sword and shoes to return to his father; how he can claim King Aegeus as his father
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Ezinma
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Ekwefi's daughter, an ogbanje, or a child who repeatedly dies and reenters the womb to be rebord, Okonkwo's favorite child, called "Salt" by Obiageli whom she has lots of influence over, "Crystal of Beauty"
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Mgbafo
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Uzowulu's wife
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Ocean
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Lord of River Ocean; wife Tethys; Oceanids daughters
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Napoleon
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Large, fierce-looking Boar, only Berkshire on the farm
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Spring
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when Demeter gets to have Persephone with her
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Darkness
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Ignorance, fear, superstition
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Obierika
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Okonkwo's friend, sells Okonkwo's yams when he is gone, Maduka's father
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Penelope
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wife of Odysseus
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Epimetheus's gift to animals
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gave animals strength, swiftness, courage, fur, feathers, wings, shells, etc.
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Antigone
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took care of her blind father Oedipus and buried her brother
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Psyche's sisters
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make Psyche think that her husband (Cupid) is a serpent which causes her to break his rule of not looking at him
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Midas
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King who wishes for everything he touches to turn to gold; given donkey ears after choosing Pan's music over Apollo's
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egwugwu
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impersonate ancestral spirits, elders of the village
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