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  2. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    The name of the stock character comes from the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32), in which the young son who has lost his way symbolizes the sinners and tax collectors (see Luke 15:1), the hardworking elder brother symbolizes the self-righteous Pharisees, and the kind father symbolizes God.

  3. Benedict Arnold - Wikipedia

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    Dedication plaque on Groton Monument in Groton, Connecticut, to victims of Arnold's slaughter following the Battle of Groton Heights:. This monument was erected under the patronage of the State of Connecticut in the 55th year of the Independence of the U.S.A. in memory of the brave patriots massacred at Fort Griswold near this spot on the 6th of Sept. AD 1781, when the British, under the ...

  4. List of portmanteaus - Wikipedia

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    nonebrity, from nonentity and celebrity [6] reprography, from reproduce and photography [2] sitcom, from situational comedy [5] Spraycation, from vacation and spraypainting coined by the anonymous English Street artist Banksy for the title of his summer 2021 series of works "A Great British Spraycation" [7] travelogue, from travel and monologue

  5. Nicholas Carew (courtier) - Wikipedia

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    According to a letter by John Butler, the last words of Carew as he was led to execution, amounted to exhorting all to study the evangelical books, as he had fallen by hatred to the Gospel. [ 16 ] His estate at Beddington , including Carew Manor , was granted after his execution to Walter Gorges, and then later after his death to Thomas Darcy ...

  6. List of James Bond villains - Wikipedia

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    Beware of Butterflies (4 December 1973 – 11 May 1974) Attila: The Nevsky Nude (13 May 1974 – 21 September 1974) Sir Ulric Herne: The Phoenix Project (23 September 1974 – 18 February 1975) Kazim: The Black Ruby Caper(19 February 1975 – 15 July 1975) Herr Rubin: Till Death Do Us Apart (7 July 1975 – 14 October 1975) Stefan Radomir

  7. Hell and Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    One of Tolkien's names for Sauron is the "lidless eye", [T 11] denoting the "destructive power of the Devil". [ 14 ] Scholars have likened both Melkor and Sauron to the Devil; [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Jaume Poveda notes that both the dark lords torture their victims, as the Devil is said to do to those in hell.

  8. List of playing-card nicknames - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of nicknames used for individual playing cards of the French-suited standard 52-card pack.Sometimes games require the revealing or announcement of cards, at which point appropriate nicknames may be used if allowed under the rules or local game culture.

  9. List of The Chronicles of Narnia characters - Wikipedia

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    The name refers to Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit, where a character recommends prunes and prism as words that will keep one's mouth pursed in a prim and proper pose. Puddleglum: Marshwiggle, acts as a guide to Eustace and Jill as they journey through Ettinsmoor in search of Prince Rilian. He is incredibly pessimistic, yet up to any challenge.