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Ambition

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a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.

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Alienation

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the state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved.

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Appearance vs Reality

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the way that someone or something looks.

the world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.

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Custom/Tradition

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a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

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Betrayal

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to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty

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Bureaucracy

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government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials.

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Children

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a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl

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Courage/Cowardice

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the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.

lack of courage to face danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.

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Women/Feminism

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an adult female person

the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.

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Cruelty/Violence

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the state or quality of being cruel.

swift and intense force

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Defeat/Failure

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to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish

an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success

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Despair/Discontent/Disillusionment

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loss of hope; hopelessness.

dissatisfaction

to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.

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Chance/Fate/Luck

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the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency

something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot

the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person’s life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities

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Domination/Suppression

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rule or sway; control, often arbitrary

to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.)

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Dreams/Fantasies

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something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence.

imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.

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Duty

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something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.

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Education

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the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.

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Escape

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to slip away from pursuit or peril; avoid capture, punishment, or any threatened evil.

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Exile

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expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree.

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Faith/Loss of Faith

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confidence or trust in a person or thing

loss in confidence or trust in a person or thing

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Falsity/Pretence

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not true or correct; erroneous

pretending or feigning; make-believe

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Family/Parenthood

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any group of persons closely related by blood

the state, position, or relation of a parent.

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Free Will/Will Power

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free and independent choice; voluntary decision

control of one’s impulses and actions; self-control.

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Games/Contests/Sports/Tricks

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an amusement or pastime

a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.

an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature

a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat

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Greed

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excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.

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Guilt

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the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability

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Heaven/Paradise/Utopia

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the abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous after death; the place or state of existence of the blessed after the mortal life.

an intermediate place for the departed souls of the righteous awaiting resurrection.

an ideal place or state
an ideal place or state

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Home

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a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.

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Heart vs Reason

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spirit, courage, or enthusiasm

a statement presented in justification or explanation of a belief or action.

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Initiation

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formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one’s community or society, etc.

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Illusion/Innocence

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something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.

freedom from sin or moral wrong.

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Instinct

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an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.

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Journey/Psychological Journey

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a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time

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Law/Justice

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the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.

the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness

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Loneliness/Alones

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affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.

separate, apart, or isolated from others

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Loyalty

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the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations.

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Materialism

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preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.

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Memory/The Past

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the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.

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Mob Psychology

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Bein a real dick

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Music/Dance

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an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.

to move one’s feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.

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Mysterious Stranger

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a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance

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Persistence/Perserverance

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continued existence or occurrence

steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.

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Patriotism

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devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty.

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Poverty

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the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor.

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Prejudice

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an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.

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Prophecy

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the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.

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Repentance

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deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like.

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Resistance/Rebellion

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the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.

open, organized, and armed resistance to one’s government or ruler.

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Revenge/Retribution

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to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit

requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.

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Ritual/Ceremony

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an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.

the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion

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Scapegoat/Victim

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a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.

a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency

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Search for Identity

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Looking for who you really are or something like that

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Social Status

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Where you stand economically or socially in society

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Supernatural

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of, pertaining to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.

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Time/Eternity

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the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.

infinite time; duration without beginning or end.

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War

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a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation

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