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20 Cards in this Set
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Anagnorisis |
The moment in the play when a character makes a critical discovery |
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Anti-strophe |
The part of the choral ode when the chorus moves across stage from left to right, twisting and turning |
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Archetype |
A character (like a hero), an event (like a flood), a story (Golden Age), or an image (heaven, hell) which recurs in various works of literature; an original pattern or model |
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Catharsis |
Purgation of pity and fear: relates to the audience's reaction |
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Choral Odes |
They separate the episodes in the play and are divided into the strophe and anti-sttophe |
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Chorus |
A group of approximately 15 men who provide a link from the audience to the actors, responding to the play in a manner that the playwright hoped the audience would |
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Climax |
The turning point in the action, the place at which the rising action reverses and becomes the falling action |
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Dramatic Irony |
When the audience is aware of an action or motive before a character is |
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Dramatic Personae |
The list of characters in the play |
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Episodes |
Scenes consisting of dialogue from the actors and occasionally minor participation from a member of the chorus |
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Exodus |
The final passage from the chorus as they exist the stage |
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Harmartia |
The tragic flaw |
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Hubris |
Overwhelming pride and overconfidence which results in the misfortune of the protagonist of tragedy |
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Parados |
The entry lyric sung by the chorus as it passes through the aisles into the orchestra area |
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Peripeteia |
A reversal of circumstances, or the turning point |
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Stasimon |
Another name for a choral ode which alternates with the episodes in a Greek drama |
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Strophe |
A part of the choral ode sung/ danced while the chorus moves from right to left |
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Tragedy |
A serious drama involving the protagonist in a morally significant struggle that results in his downfall |
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Tragic Flaw |
Flaw in the main character of a tragedy that brings about his ruin |
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Tragic Hero |
A person (in classical drama, of high birth) who is neither thoroughly good nor thoroughly evil, but is better than most |
