vocabulary

• regicide

  killing king
• fatal flaw

  a character trait possessed by a person that ultimately leads to his downfall. 
• hamartia


  refers to a tragic flaw or error leading to a characters downfall
• hubris

  extreme or unreasonable feeling of pride and confidence in yourself
• peripetria


  a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstance/ turning point with no return
• divine right of kings

  believed kings were chosen by God and only God could overrule them
• blasphemy 


  refers to great disrespect to Gods
• treason


  crime of betraying ones country
• usurp


  take control of a position of power (especially without have the right to)
• catharsis


  feeling of release at end of play when evil is expelled
• catastrophe

  sudden event that csuses great destruction or suffering
• anagnorisis


  moment when the tragic hero, realises their own fatal flaw