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Allegory

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Personifying a concept

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Haste

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To move quickly

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Sloth

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Extreme laziness; one who does not work to improve oneself. Not using the gift has given to further develop oneself.

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Envy

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To covet the possession of another so much, that one is unable to see and enjoy their own future.

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Lust

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An satiable sexual desire driven by the flesh

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Soliloquy

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A spoken solo

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Monogamous

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Stay with one person

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Insatiable

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Unable to be fulfilled gratified

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Covet

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To have a strong desire for

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Pride

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To be full of hubris in such a way that one is unable to accept their place in the world one is prideful, challenge order and challenges god.

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Seven deadly sins

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Envy, greed, sloth, lust, gluttony, wrath , pride

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Greed

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To be so consume with the desire to keep worldly and material possession.

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Charity

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The act of giving unselfishly.

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Philanthropy

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The act of giving abundantly so that a positively effect is indoor ing.

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Seven heavenly virtues

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Chastity, temperance , charity , diligence , patience , humility, kindness.

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Comic relief

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A point of a drama in which there had been a tragic and humor has been inserted to lighten up the mood.

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Catalysts

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A person or thing that causes an event or changes

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Morals

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A personal set of rules that one lives by they refuse to go against despite worldly pressure.

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Complacent

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Have no affect, apathetic , unmovable

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Foreshadowing

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A technique used by authors in which they use characters and setting to hint at what might happen next in the story

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Tyrant

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A person who rules with fear.

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Usurp

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To take a place or role unfairly

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