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29 Cards in this Set
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Tragedy |
A serious play representing disastrous downfall of a central character |
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Mimesis |
Imitation of an action |
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Unity |
Unified significant action |
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Hamartia |
An error/flaw/false action committed by tragic characters |
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Peripeteia |
Reversal of fortune |
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Hubris |
Abuse of power/ over winning pride |
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Anagnorisis |
Moment of enlightenment of a tragic character |
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Tragic Isolation |
Tragic heroes are not members of the society |
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Tragic virtue |
Forbearance |
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Tragic joy |
Solemn joy |
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Tragic fate |
Follows a straight course |
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Theban plays |
These kind of plays are all related to Oedipus Rex |
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Catharsis |
The purging of strong feelings |
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Important people |
In tragedy the action is done by these people |
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Sophocles |
Author of Antigone |
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Antigone |
The woman who wants to bury his brother |
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Eteocles |
The brother to be buried full with military honors |
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Polyneices |
The brother who is ordered not to be buried |
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Stunning to death |
The death penalty of burying Polyneices |
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Creon |
King of Thebes |
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Eurydice |
Queen of Thebes |
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Ismene |
A traditional character |
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Antigone |
Believe that divine law is stronger than human law |
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Polyneices |
The brother who wants to usurp the throne |
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Haemon |
Son of Creon |
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Dramatic irony |
A plot device which the audience or readers knowledge of events surpasses that of the characters |
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Teiresias |
The blind seer |
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Fate |
Greeks all believe in this concept |
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Niobe turned into stone |
The function of the allusion of Niobe |
