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Situational irony is when the actual outcome of a situation is different from what was expected.

Christian nationalism is the belief that the United States is, and should be, a Christian nation. This belief is based on the premise that the country was founded by Christians, and on the Bible.

Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect.

King Arthur was born in the county of Somerset in England. His father was King Uther Pendragon and his mother was the queen of Cornwall.

Third wave feminism is a continuation of the feminist movement that began in the early 1990s. It is a response to the perceived failures of second wave feminism and the rise of the post-structuralist and post-modernist movements.

A trope is a figure of speech that uses words in a non-literal way. Tropes can be used to create irony, contrast, or to make a point more forcefully.

Zeus is the strongest god in Greek mythology. He is the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky.

A patrician was a member of the upper class in ancient Rome. Patricians were wealthy landowners who held a great deal of power in the government.

The earliest Greek civilizations were Mycenaean civilization of the late Bronze Age and the Minoan civilization of the Bronze Age.

The turning point of the civil war was the Battle of Gettysburg.