Tragedie Flashcards

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Domestic

A

It is a drama that is taking place in a household

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Anti-hero

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It is a hero that doesn’t fit into the classical hero’s characteristics

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3
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Hamartia

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The hero’s fatal error that leads to their inevitable downfall

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4
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Redemption

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The chance to make up for your faults/be saved from your actions

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5
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Tragic hero

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A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces,bring on a tragedy

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6
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Agnorisis

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The point at which the hero becomes aware of, or accept the fact of his or her error of judgment

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7
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Reversal

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The tragic hero’s change in behaviour resulting from their recognition of error

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8
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Noble (adj)

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A character who has excellent qualities

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9
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Catharsis

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The emotional release experienced by the audience of the tragedy

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10
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Hubris

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Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist

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11
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Pathos

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A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

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12
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Purpose of tragedy for the tragic hero

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To learn wisdom and to accept their limitations as humans before the laws of the gods

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Purpose of tragedy for the audience

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To experience pathos or sympathy for the suffering experienced by the tragic hero as a result of his or her unwitting error of judgment

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14
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Duplicity

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Deceitful behaviour

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15
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A drama set in a household

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A domestic

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16
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The emotional release experienced by the audience of a tragedy

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Catharsis

17
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Deceitful behaviour

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Duplicity

18
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Excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist

A

Hubris

19
Q

A literary character who makes an error f judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined whit fate and external forces, bring on a tragedy

A

Tragic hero

20
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The hero’s fatal error that ends to their inevitable downfall

A

Hamartia

21
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To learn wisdom and to accept their limitations as human before the laws of the gods

A

The purpose of the tragedy for the tragic hero

22
Q

A character who doesn’t fit in the normal model of a hero

A

Anti-hero

23
Q

A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

A

Pathos

24
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A character who has excellent qualities

A

Noble (adj)

25
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The pint at which the hero becomes aware or accept the fact of his or her error f judgement

A

Anagnorisis

26
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The chance to make up for your faults/be saved from your actions

A

Redemption

27
Q

To experience pathos or sympathy from the suffering experienced by the the tragic hero as a result of his or her unwitting error of judgment

A

The purpose of the tragedy for the audience

28
Q

The tragic hero’s change in behaviour resulting from their recognition of error

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Reversal