English Tragedy Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pathos | the experience of suffering that arouses sympathy |
| mimesis | the imitation of a plot action(not character) |
| plot | the deliberate construction of events; the most important element to Aristotle |
| hamartia | the error that is the result of bad judgment or ignorance |
| hubris | overweening pride |
| peripeteia | the reversal of plot from one state of things to its opposite |
| discovery | the change from ignorance to knowledge |
| scapegoat | Greek concept of blame that sees the "scapegoat" as booth holy and cursed |
| tragedy | the"goat song" sung in worship of Dionysus |
| moira | fate |
| catharsis | purgation of the irrational by arousing pity and fear in the audience |
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