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In a preface, this author describes the protagonist of one of his plays as “exempt from the taints of ambition,” unlike Satan in Paradise Lost. In one of this author’s plays, a nobleman who holds a feast to celebrate the deaths of his sons in Salamanca is discovered dead in a pine tree. A fourth act this author appended to another of his plays features a masque for the protagonist’s wedding to Asia and a declaration that “this is alone (*) Life, Joy, Empire and Victory” by Demogorgon. This author's most-performed play, about the death of the tyrannical count Francesco at the hands of his daughter Beatrice, is titled The Cenci (”CHEN-chee”). In a closet drama by this author, (10[1])Hercules (10[1])frees the protagonist from being chained to a precipice. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this author of Prometheus Unbound. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Percy Bysshe Shelley
<Jack Rado, British Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael Mays3HK1MMSay it11710
Frances HadleyGressenheller AFour Times I Have Despised My Soul11810
Seraphina CharlotteSee itThe Crying of Team 4912710
Albery NyangLSEOxford School for Quizness130-5
Rachel BenthamSortedLimp Chriskit13710

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y450%0%25%137.00
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y580%0%20%124.75
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%0%0%116.33
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y7100%0%43%132.71
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y367%0%33%111.50