Absalom and Achitophel
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To the Reader Absalom and Achitophel
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All Themes Politics, Allegory, and Satire God, Religion, and the Divine Right of Kings Power and Ambition
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All Characters Absalom Achitophel David Saul David’s Brother Corah Shimei Zimri The Pharaoh Ishbosheth Jonas Barzillai Barzillai’s Eldest Son Jotham Amiel
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All Terms Abbethdin Egypt The Exclusion Crisis / The Exclusion Bill The Good Old Cause Israel The Jebusites The Jews The Popish Plot Sanhedrin Tory / Anti-Bromingham Tyrus Whig
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All Symbols The Crown
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Absalom and Achitophel

by John Dryden
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