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  2. Damon and Pythias - Wikipedia

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    The story of Damon (/ ˈdeɪmən /; Greek: Δάμων, gen. Δάμωνος) and Pythias (/ ˈpɪθiəs /; Πυθίας or Φιντίας; or Phintias, / ˈfɪntiəs /) is a legend in Greek historic writings illustrating the Pythagorean ideal of friendship. Pythias is accused of and charged with plotting against the tyrannical Dionysius I of ...

  3. Absurdist fiction - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Absurdist fiction is a genre of novels, plays, poems, films, or other media that focuses on the experiences of characters in situations where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life, most often represented by ultimately meaningless actions and events that call into question the certainty of existential concepts such as truth or ...

  4. The Color of Friendship - Wikipedia

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    Release. February 5, 2000. (2000-02-05) The Color of Friendship is a 2000 biographical drama television film based on actual events about the friendship between two girls (Piper and Mahree), one from the United States and the other from apartheid South Africa, who learn about tolerance and racism. The film was directed by Kevin Hooks, based on ...

  5. Damon and Pythias (play) - Wikipedia

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    Edwin Forrest as Damon in Damon and Pythias. Damon and Pythias is the only surviving play by Richard Edwards. Written circa 1564 and first printed in 1571, the play chronicles the Greek friendship story of Damon and Pythias. It was originally performed by the Children of the Chapel l [1] for Queen Elizabeth, possibly during the Christmas season ...

  6. My Best Friend's Story - Wikipedia

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    My Best Friend's Story (Chinese: 流金岁月) is a 2020 Chinese drama television series directed by Shen Yan and starring Ni Ni and Liu Shishi. [1] It is adapted from the novel The Golden Years (流金岁月) written by Yi Shu. [2] The series follows the story of friendship between two stunningly beautiful women who forged a close bond when ...

  7. The Human Chair - Wikipedia

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    The Human Chair. This article is about the short story by Edogawa Ranpo. For the Japanese heavy metal band, see Ningen Isu. " The Human Chair " (人間椅子, Ningen-isu) is a short story by Japanese author and critic Edogawa Ranpo. It was published in the October 1925 edition of the literature magazine Kuraku (苦楽).

  8. The Time Machine - Wikipedia

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    The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels approximately 800,806 years into the future. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and ...

  9. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia

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    The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was first proposed by Georges Polti in 1895 to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. [1] Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works. He also analyzed a handful of non-French authors.