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Tier Two Vocabulary – Tragedy Key Words Flashcards

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Poetics

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the study of linguistics techniques in poetry and literature

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Hamartia

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lack of knowledge that leads the hero to their mistake / miscalculation

not inherent in characters

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Nobility

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moral actions rather than birth and status

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Pathos

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sadness or pity

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Peripeteia

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reversal of fortune in a tragic hero

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Seneca

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the tragedy of the blood

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Catharsis

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relief / restoration of emotional balance

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