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-literally translated as Master “ KUNG-FU-TZU” or KUNGFUZI
- by tradition, he is said to have been born on September 28, 551 BCE
- a chinese thinker and educator
- founder of Ru School of Chinese
- proponent of confucianism
- his disciples compiled “ the analects”
- one of his renowned concept is “ do not do to others what do not want others do unto
you

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Confucius

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  • is an anthology of brief passages that present the words of confucius and his
    disciples
  • it includes TWENTY BOOKS
  • much of the work concerns itself with the concept of:
  • The Tao or The Way
  • the chun-tzu of The Gentleman
  • Li or Ritual
  • Te or Virtue
  • Jen or Goodness
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THE ANALECTS

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  • it depicts the eternal struggle between the powers of good and evil
  • it illustrates the power of love and how it can transform us irrevocably
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THE TALE OF OSIRIS AND ISIS

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  • egyptian pharaoh who reign in the beginning of egypt, King of Death
    (protagonist)
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OSIRIS

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sister and wife of Osiris ( protagonist)

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ISIS

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oldest son of Osiris (protagonist)

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HARPOCRATES

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evil brother of Osiris, cruel and jealous of his brother (antagonist)

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SET

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king of Gods

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RA

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sky goddess, mother of Osiris

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NUT

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earth god, father of Osiris

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GEB

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  • god of wisdom
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THOTH

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moon goddess

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SILENE

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  • brother of Osiris
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HORUS

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sister of Osiris

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NEPHTHYS

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  • he is credited with being the first to write down the epic stories of “The Iliad” and
    “The Odyssey”
  • he was born sometime between the 12th and 8th BC, possibly somewhere on the
    coast of Asia Minor
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HOMER

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  • epic poem in 24 books traditionally attributed to the ancient greek poet Homer.
  • the poem is the story of ___________, King of Ithaca, who wonders for 10 years
    (although the action of the poem covers only the final six weeks) trying to get home
    after the trojan war. On his return, he is recognized only by his faithful dog and a nurse.
    With the help of his son, Telemachus, Odysseus destroys the insistent suitors of his
    wife, Penelope, and several of her maids who had fraternized with the suitors and
    reestablishes himself in his kingdom.
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THE ODYSSEY

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  • it is a tragic epic poem of more than 15,000 lines organized by scholars in Alexandria
    into 24 books
  • Homer’s ________ describes the final year of the trojan war, a legendary conflict between
    an alliance of Greek cities and the city of troy in Anatolia. It was probably written
    sometime in the 8th century BCE after a long oral tradition, but the Greeks themselves
    imagined the war to have occurred sometime in the 13th century BCE during the
    Bronze Age. the greeks thought Homer was from Chios or lonia and credited him with
    both the Iliad and Odyssey, the two masterpieces of greek literature. They also thought
    him the greatest ever writer and referred to him simply as ‘the poet’
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THE ILIAD

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-He was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts U.S and died on October
7, 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland
- He was the son of the English-born actress Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe Jr.
An actor from Baltimore and the husband of Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
- He was a poet
- Master of Macabre
- Pioneer of Science Fiction
- Father of the Detective Story

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

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Publication Date : November 1846
Genre : Horror Short Story
Publisher : Godey’s Lady’s Book
Media Type: Magazine

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THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO

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loss his family because of Fortunato

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Montresor

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well-known business man

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Fortunato

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another wine expert, always mentioned by Montresor

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Luchesi

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commanded not to leave the house

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The servants

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-It is an ancient Sanskirt poem describing the mythical Kurukshetra War between two sets of brothers descended from the king Bharata: The pandavas and the Kauravas
-Takes dharma as its central theme
-Its written and unabridged form, the poem is compsed of 100,000 verses, making it the longest of all the ancient epic tales.

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Mahabharata

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King of Hastinapur and his two wives Kunti and Madri
They are the sons of Pandu

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Pandava

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Means the descendant of King Kuru, a legendary king who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the Mahabharata

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Kaurava

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Eldest of the pandava brothers. He is their leader as both king and commander in battles

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Yudhisthira

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Dubbed as “wealth-winner”. He is the greatest warrior of all the brothers, having been trained by his future military opponent Drona.

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Arjuna

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Technically the oldest of the Pandava brothers, but was raised by adoptive parents, and therefore does not consider himself as part of the family

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Karna

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Blind king Hastinapur who believes his blindness is a curse. He has 100 sons who are reincarnations of demon

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Dhritarashtra

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The wife of the five Pandava brohters, she is a princess who is widely regarded as the most beautiful woman in the world

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Draupadi

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Portrayed as living in flagrant violation of dharma, He is motivated by greed, jealousy, and a desire for retribution, tricking Yudhisthira into a dice game that ultimately robs the Pandavas of their kingdom, and gladly engaging them in war when they return from exile and seek what is rightfully theirs.

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Duryodhana

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Strongest and the second of the Pandavas, He often kills his brothers’ greatest enemies and protects the, from their most skilled aggressors.

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Bhima

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God who assists the pandavas throughout the story, helps them understand their dharma as rulers and fighters in the war

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Krsna

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An 85-year-old-man who fights like a 16-year-old. Even though he fights on behalf of Duryodhana, he shares a close bond with the Pandavas, having trained Arjuna as a warrior.

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Drona

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The narrator of the entirety of the Mahabharata epic, dictating the tale to Ganesha

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Vyasa

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