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En media res
Dactylic hexameter
Epithets
Motifs

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En media res- in the top of the action
Dactylic hexameter- the style of the odyssey
Epithets (nicknames)
Motif- something recouping symbol, object, ideal that inhsanses the theme)

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Anachronism
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Allusion

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Anachronism- something out of place for the time
Hyperbole- great exajuration
Oxymoron- something opposite (hot and not hot women)
Allusion- something implied

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Odyssey Motifs

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Hospitality

Food drink

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Tale of two cities motifs

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Golden thread
Doubles
Wine= blood
Knitting

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Msnd motifs

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Potion- love-in-idleness

Play within a play

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Sggk motifs

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#3 
Games (3)
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