Tragedy terms

• freytag pyramid


  exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
• Megalopsychia


  the main character is on noble birth and has admired strength/wisdom
• Peripeteia


  metaphorical fall from a great height
• hamartia


  a serious life changing mistake/crisis aka fatal flaw
• hubris


  excessive pride
• anagorisis


  they realization of a terrible mistake
• catharsis


  a release of emotional tension
• unity of plot


  focus on one plot (no subplots)
• unity of place


  single location for all the action
• unity of time


  limiting the action to one day
• stanzaic verse


  poetry written in stanzas
• limerick


  A five line poem in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme.
• american dream


  the ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any american through hardwork and determination
• montage


  A quick succession of images or impressions used to express an idea.
• contempory tragedy


  plays written in the late 20th/21st century
• modern tragedy


  plays written in the late 19th/20th century
• first wave feminism


  late 19th century

  -securing equal rights for women
• second wave femenism


  1960s-70s

  -explores stereotypes and ideas

  -liberating women from expectations
• third wave feminism


  1990s

  -wider range of female voices
• classical tragedy


  greek tragedy/mythology but refined by shakespeare
• domestic tragedy


  breakdown of a family
• what type of tragedy is death of a salesman

  domestic tragedy
• epic tragedy


  poetic/rhymes (dramatic stories)
• femme fatale


  overly sexualized female character portrayed as dark and alluring