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9 Cards in this Set
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Tragic Hero
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Character that has noble attributes but one fatal flaw
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Hamartia
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tragic flaw
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Hubris
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Lack of important quality
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Anagnoris
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When the character realizes his mistake
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Peripetia
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The sudden reversal of fortune in a story, play, or any narrative in which there is an observable change in direction.
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Epiphany
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revelation of such power and insight that it alters the entire world-view of the thinker who experiences it
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tragedy
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A serious play in which the chief figures, by some peculiarity of character, pass through a series of misfortunes leading to a final, devastating catastrophe.
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Prologue
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either the action or a set of introductory speeches before the first entry (parados) of the chorus.
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Episode
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scene involving the actors rather than the chorus, or sections of such scenes in a Classical Greek tragedy.
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