Elements Of Tragedy

Question 1

Hamartia?

Answer 1

A character’s fatal flaw, typically linked with hubris or excessive pride - like iago

Question 2

Peripetia?

Answer 2

Also known as reversed fortune, when the hamartia brings the hero down from their elevated state

Question 3

Anagnorisis

Answer 3

Moment when The character makes a critical discovery, awareness

Question 4

Catharsis

Answer 4

The audiences purging of emotions through pity and fear, a vicarious lesson

Question 5

Denouement

Answer 5

Once the society is once again at peace

Question 6

Elements of tragedy?

Answer 6

Exposition, exciting force, rising action, climax, falling action, catastrophe

Question 7

Soliloquy

Answer 7

When the character talks to them-self, like thinking bubble, internal conflict, allowed to see inside the head

Question 8

Monologue

Answer 8

A type of speech where only one character is talking but to the audience typically a long speech

Question 9

Aside

Answer 9

A type of speech typically represented by parentheses where they talk to the audience directly and no other characters can hear

Question 10

Characterisation

Answer 10

Construction of a character in which how they are represented etc is indirect or direct

Question 11

Setting

Answer 11

Where the story takes place