English Greek terminology

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What is poetic justice?
Divine retribution
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A fatal flaw or folly is...
Hamartia
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What is Keller's excessive pride?
Hubris
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The father of Greek tragedy
Aristotle
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What is purging of the soul?
Catharsis
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What is the point of revelation in a tragic hero?
Anagnorisis
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What is a nemesis?
A rival, downfall caused by an inescapable agent
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A reversal in fortune is...?
Peripeteia
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Aristotle's Poetics is...?
The theory of literary forms, it characterises tragedy
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What is a tragedy?
A form of drama based on human suffering that evokes catharsis
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What must a Aristotelian tragedy include?
Unity of time, place and action and a great person - social drama cannot be tragic as the tragic hero is a victim of circumstance, not inner compulsions
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