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Catharsis

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Purgation of emotions of pity/fear by audience at the end of a tragedy

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Hubris

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-Excessive pride or self confidence that leads protagonist to disregard divine warming/violate an important law

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Reversal (peripeteia)

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Sudden reversal of a situation

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Deus ex machina

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  • Latin for “god out of a machine”

- In Greek drama, use of god lowered by mechanism to reduce hero

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Poetic justice

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  • Good are rewarded and evil are punished

- Greek drama: takes ironic twist in that punishment fits e

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Hamartia

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-Action or error in judgment that results from tragic flaw

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Dramatic irony

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Discrepancy between what a character says/believes and what reader/audience knows to be true

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Tragic Irony

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Form of dramatic irony in tragedies such as Oedipus in which protagonist’s words/action return to hurt him/her in end

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Prologue

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Opening speech or dialogue of a play, especially Greek play, gives exposition necessary to follow subsequent action

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Chorus

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  • In Greek tragedies, group of people who serve as commentators on characters/events
  • Express traditional moral, religious, social attitudes