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One of these figures symbolizes a form of tragedy that deals with a “seething cauldron of the dark world will and psyche.” The town of San Pere is home to a set of characters named after these figures, including a former track star who presents her severed ear to her lover, in The Brother/Sister Plays of Tarell Alvin McCraney. In a 1963 play, a tyrant becomes one of these figures (15[1])after seemingly killing himself at an ayan tree, prompting his followers to chant, “the king did not hang!” (15[1])One of these figures inspired the theory of the Fourth (-5[1])Stage. (*) Ulli Beier’s (-5[1])Mbari Club (-5[1])staged a play by Duro Ladipo about one of these (-5[2])figures, who are “not to blame” (10[1]-5[2])in a reworking (-5[1])of Oedipus Rex by Ola Rotimi. (-5[1])One of these beings who led their descent to earth appears in the play A Dance of the Forests. For 10 points, what beings include Wole Soyinka’s “muse” Ogun? ■END■ (10[10]0[3])

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