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Important vocabulary for Oedipus Flashcards

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Xenia

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hospitality

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Inexorable

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Impossible to stop

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Tragic hero

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Desolation

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Feelings of emptiness/destruction/immense unhappiness

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Hubris

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Excessive pride

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Hamartia

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Tragic flaw

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Cognizant

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Having knowledge

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Catharsis

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purging of emotions

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Didactic

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Teach a moral lesson

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Anagnorisis

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Moment of tragic recognition

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Pariah

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Outcast

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Fortuitous

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Chance

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