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26 Cards in this Set
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Peripeteia |
A sudden reversal of fortune in a tragedy |
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Catharsis |
Purging of emotions |
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Catastrophe |
Part of the falling action of the plot leading to the resolution |
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Anagnorisis |
Recognition of the truth |
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Aristotle |
One of the first major literary critics; Composed the Poetics |
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Sophocles |
Playwright; Wrote Oedipus Trilogy; Increased actors to 3 |
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Freud |
The psychoanalyst who developed the theory of the boy's first sexual impulse to marry his mother based upon Sophocles' play |
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Foil |
The character serves to highlight one or more attributes of another character, often the protagonist, by providing a contrast |
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Irony |
A contradiction of what is first taken to be true and then is discovered to be otherwise |
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Foreshadowing |
Warning or indication of what is to come |
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Plot |
Most important element in constructing a tragedy and must follow a cause-and-effect relationship |
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Universal Theme |
Suggest that anyone from anywhere at anytime could relate and feel for the tragic figure in the same way |
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Ego |
The executive part of the personality that controls the gateways to action and select the features of the environment to which it will respond and decides what needs will be satisfied in what order |
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Super Ego |
Part of the personality that internalizes the traditional values, ideals, and moral standards of society; Where the conscience resides |
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Id |
Part of the personality that is instinctual and is governed by pleasure |
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Oedipus Complex |
Theory states that a boy's first sexual impulses to marry his mother and his first murderous, violent impulse towards his father |
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Electra Complex |
The female's first sexual impulse is to marry her father and her first murders, violent impulse is towards her mother |
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Hubris |
Excessive pride |
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Chorus |
Comprised of 10 to 15 men; Speak for society and that which is best for the masses |
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Cosmic Irony |
People fall prey to fate or other malicious forces |
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Verbal Irony |
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |
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Situational Irony |
Defies logical cause and effect relationships and justifiable expectation where the opposite of what is thought liable to happen occurs |
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Dramatic Irony |
When the audience knows more than the characters |
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Episodic |
Worst type of plot according to Aristotle |
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Stage Decency |
All acts of violence done off stage |
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Choragus |
The leader of a chorus who could speak with the actors |
