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Oedipus Vocabu 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blame,accusation | Indictment |
| Humiliation,disgrace | Defilement |
| mourn grieve | Lament |
| acceptance,acknowledgment | Resignation |
| terror and sympathy that audience feels for tragic hero | Catharsis |
| Tragic flaw | Hamartia |
| to request, to force | Compel |
| anger | Incense |
| a character that highlights or emphasizes certain traits of the main character by contrasting them | Foil |
| request or appeal | Supplication |
| disease | Blight |
| immunity, exemption from punishment | Impunity |
| to dislike,to be offended by | Begrudge |
| villain,criminal | Scoundrel |
| overconfidence, excessive pride | Hubris |
| to beg,to implore | Beseech |
| compensation, apology | Atonement |
| to surround, to encircle | Besiege |
| evil | Vile |