| Term | Definition |
|---|
| action | a physical activity inherent in drama |
| actor | the performer who impersonates the fictional character |
| aesthetic distance | a sort of detachment between the work of art and the receptor; "Willing suspension of disbelief |
| anagorisis | disclosure, discovery, recognition of a piece of information that profoundly changes the character |
| catastrophe | the resolution of a tragedy |
| catharsis | tragedy invoked pity or fear is relinquished |
| character | the dispositions, traits, or behavior patterns which the author assigns the agents of the actions |
| chorus | a group of greek men who danced and sang; author used them as commentary on the main characters actions |
| dramatis personae | list of characters/cast |
| dramaturgy | the specific methods and styles of a dramatist's work |
| prologos | any introductory speech preceding the action of the play; serves as exposition |
| parados | the entrance song of the chorus |
| episode | the portion of the play performed by the actors as opposed to the odes of the chorus |
| ode | a type of lyric poem; used in the stasimon |
| stasimon | the choral passage that alternated the episode during the play |
| strophe | the part of lyric song and dance when (in theory) the chorus danced from stage left to stage right |
| antistrophe | the part of lyric song and dance when (in theory) the chorus danced from stage right tostage left |
| exodus | the final episode in the tragedy |
| hamartia | tragic flaw |
| hubris | self-will; going beyond what is wise for one's gain; tragic flaw |
| dramatic irony | the condition of affairs which is the opposite of what the participants think |
| peripeteia | an action that produces the opposite reaction of what is intended |
| satyr play | a mock heroic play with a mixture of comedic and serious material |
| stichomythia | a poetic device in which individual lines in a dialogue are assigned to different characters |
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