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Ad-: forward ex. advent, advantage, advance

Marshmallow: a sweet white confection usually in the form of a spread or small spongy cylindrical pieces now usually made from corn syrup, sugar, albumen, and gelatin but formerly from the marshmallow's root

Catholic天主教會

protestant抗議者

Protestant新教徒

Episcopal

Presbyterianism : is a branch of Reformed Protestantism which traces its origins to the British Isles. Presbyterian churches derive their name from the presbyterian form of church government, which is government by representative assemblies of elders. Many Reformed churches are organized this way, but the word "Presbyterian," when capitalized, is often applied uniquely to the churches that trace their roots to the Scottish and English churches that bore that name and English political groups that formed during the English Civil War.

Baptism: (from the Greek noun βάπτισμα baptisma; see below) is a Christian rite of admission and adoption,almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally,and also a particular church. The canonical Gospels report that Jesus was baptized—a historical event to which a high degree of certainty can be assigned.Baptism has been called a sacrament and anordinance of Jesus Christ. In some denominations, baptism is also called christening,but for others the word "christening" is reserved for the baptism of infants.

Original sin: also called ancestral sin, is the Christian doctrine of humanity's state of sin resulting from the fall of man,[ stemming from Adam's rebellion in Eden. This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as insignificant as a slight deficiency, or a tendency toward sin yet without collective guilt, referred to as a "sin nature", to something as drastic as total depravity or automatic guilt of all humans through collective guilt.

the second coming: In Christianity, the Second Coming, sometimes called the second advent of Christ or the parousia, is the anticipated return of Jesus to Earth. The belief is based on prophecies found in the canonical gospels and is part of most Christian eschatologies. The coming is predicted in biblical messianic prophecies. Views about the nature of Jesus' Second Coming vary among Christian denominations and among individual Christians.

The Book of Revelation, often known simply as Revelation or The Apocalypse, is a book of the New Testament that occupies a central place in Christian eschatology. Its title is derived from the first word of the text, written in Koine Greek: apokalypsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation".

nightmare by a rocking cradle

nativity of Christ

Bethlehem:  (Arabic: بيت لحم‎  Bayt Laḥm (help·info) "House of Meat" Bēt Laḥm, lit. "House of Bread"; Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם Bēṯ Leḥem,Modern: Bet Leḥem [bet ˈleχem], lit. "House of Bread"; Ancient Greek: Βηθλεέμ [bɛːtʰle.ém]) is a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, about 10 kilometers south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000 people.It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate. The economy is primarily tourist-driven.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides

Athenian drama  page 603

Acoustics: is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician while someone working in the field of acoustics technology may be called an acoustical engineer.

chorus

dramatic irony: This type of irony is the device of giving the spectator an item of information that at least one of the characters in the narrative is unaware of (at least consciously), thus placing the spectator a step ahead of at least one of the characters.

Sophocles (/ˈsɒfəkliːz/;Greek: Σοφοκλῆς, Sophoklēs, Ancient Greek: [sopʰoklɛ̂ːs]; c. 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC) is one of threeancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. According to the Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia, Sophocles wrote 123 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form.

Choreography: is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself. The wordchoreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance, see choreia) and "γραφή" (writing). A choreographer is one who creates choreographies by practicing the art of choreography.

Deus ex machina: (Latin: [ˈdeʊs ɛks ˈmaː.kʰɪ.naː]: /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə/ or /ˈdiːəs ɛks ˈmækɨnə/;plural: dei ex machina) from Latin deus, meaning "a god", ex, meaning "from", and machina, meaning "a device, a scaffolding, an artifice", is a calque from Greek ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò mēkhanḗs theós), meaning "god from the machine".The term has evolved into a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved by the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability or object. Depending on how it is done, it can be intended to move the story forward when the writer has "painted himself into a corner" and sees no other way out, to surprise the audience, to bring the tale to a happy ending, or as a comedic device.

de-: down, away from

sex strike   page 782

go on strike罷工

Peloponnesian War

en-: put into ex. enslaved

futile-: without the result

futile war

Henry 戲劇白話之父

iambic

Free verse: is an open form (see Poetry analysis) of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.

whitman

Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day

end rhyme

rhyme scheme

sonnet

舞台上不會出現血腥畫面，因為有損宗教形象

religious festival: A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year orlunar calendar. Hundreds of very different religious festivals are held around the world each year.

know by heart

pro-: many

Iphigeneia :the first death of the Trojan war