TRAGEDY TERMINOLOGY Flashcards
1
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Anagnorisis
A
When a character realises an error or mistake
2
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Catastrophe
A
A terrible event
3
Q
Catharsis
A
Emotional cleansing or healing for audience through experience of suffering of characters
4
Q
Hamartia
A
The tragic flaw a character possesses
5
Q
Hubris
A
(Excess of) Pride
6
Q
Pathos
A
Strong feeling/emotion (links to pity)
7
Q
Bathos
A
Lack of feeling/emotion
8
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Peripeteia
A
The turning point of the tragedy
9
Q
Machiavellian
A
so focused on a goal they will do absolutely anything to achieve it
10
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Malcontent
A
Not satisfied with the existing state of affairs
