Greek Tradergy Terms

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  • Greek Tradegy Terms
    • Pathos - An effect where the writer creates a sense of pity for the protagonist.
    • Empathy- When you pity a character as you have been in a similar situation yourself.
      • Sympathy- is slightly different as they cant fully pity a charecter as they cant fully undertand what they are going through.
    • Catastrophe- an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
    • Catharsis -a Greek word and it means cleansing.  In literature it is used for the cleansing of emotions of the characters.
    • Hubris- extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall.
    • Hamartia is a personal error in a protagonist's personality that brings about histragic downfall in a tragedy.
    • Peripeteia, the turning point in a drama after which the plot moves steadily to the plays ending.
      • Denouement- The plays ending

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