The Features Of Tragedy & Dramatic Techniques

Question 1

Aristotle

Answer 1

The Ancient Greek philosopher who originally defined Greek tragedy

Question 2

Tragic protagonist

Answer 2

The protagonist in a tragedy

Question 3

Nemesis

Answer 3

A term used to denote the figures of forces that act against the protagonist

Question 4

Hubris

Answer 4

Overwhelming arrogance or pomposity

Question 5

Hamartia

Answer 5

A fatal, dangerous blindness

Question 6

Desis

Answer 6

The rising action of a tragedy

Question 7

Peripeteia

Answer 7

The mild point of a tragedy

Question 8

Lusis

Answer 8

The falling action of a tragedy

Question 9

Catastrophe

Answer 9

The final, calamitous scene of a tragedy

Question 10

Catharsis

Answer 10

The emotional experience of the audience of a tragedy

Question 11

Dramatic syntax

Answer 11

The deliberate structuring of a play in which certain scenes are carefully juxtaposed with one another

Question 12

Aside

Answer 12

When a character in a play addresses the audience directly for a moment

Question 13

Soliloquy

Answer 13

A passage in which a character expresses aloud their thoughts and feelings