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14 Cards in this Set
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prologos
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intro speech/dialogue preceding the action of the play, provides background
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parados
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entrance song of the chorus
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episode
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portion of the play performed by the actors
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stasimon
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choral passage
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strophe
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a part of the stasimon while chorus dances stage right to stage left
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antistrophe
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part of the stasimon while chorus dances stage left to stage right
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exodus
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the concluding portion of the tragedy, final episode. usually, the exodus is sung in part by chorus, gives words of wisdom related to the outcome of the play
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aesthetic distance
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a kind of detachment on the part of the spectator, a gap btwn the work & its receptor
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anagnorisis
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recognition, the O! moment
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catastrophe
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the closing portion of a drama, according to the ancients, the fifth and final part of a plot
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catharsis
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tragedy arouses the emotions pity/fear to purge away the excess in the spectator
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hamartia
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the mistake a tragic character commits that accounts for his misfortunes, TRAGIC FLAW
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hubris
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a type of behavior which contributes to a character's misfortunes; self-will; going beyond what is wise or prudent in self-assertion, often ignoring warnings
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peripeteia
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sudden reversal of fortune: good to bad
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