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What is a microcosm? Good question,:) according to my roommate,
it is a community or other unity that is an epitome of a
larger unity. I've been looking to find a portion of the text
which epitomizes the whole play. Something which illuminates
the rest of the play. I was thinking in ' fated one' direction.
Something similar to Oedipus' fate of human being wrestling with
gods.Posted by Sung Nam on April 16, 1997 at 20:08:15
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