Greek Tradgedy

• What is Catharsis?


  When negative emotions or events are purged.
• What is Hamartia?


  The tragic downfall of a main character; usually stemming from their own weakness or mistakes.
• What is Anagnorisis?


  When a character makes a pivotal discovery.
• What is Hubris?


  Exaggerated self-pride or arrogance; usually a characters fatal flaw.
• What is peripetia?


  Peripetia is a sudden reversal of fortune; when a character's luck or fortune worsens or declines.
• What is a Tradgic hero?

  A morally grey character and/or protagonist.
• What is Echphonesis?


  Is an emotional, exclamatory phrase used in poetry, drama, or song. It is a rhetorical device that originated in ancient literature
• What do you call an emotional exclamatory phrase often repeated?

  Echphonesis
• What do you call a morally grey character?


  Tragic hero
• What do you call a sudden reversal of fortune?


  Peripetia
• What do you call exaggerated self-pride or arrogance?


  Hubris
• what do you call it when a character makes a pivotal discovery?


  Anagnorisis
• What do you call the tragic downfall of a main character?


  Hamartia
• what do you call it when events or emotions are purged?


  Catharsis