Tragedy Key Terms

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Antagonist
The character on the dark side
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Protagonist
The character on the light side
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Anagnorisis
critical discovery/recognition of a person and their morals/something that illuminates the protagonist's downfall
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Bathos
an effect of disappointment by accidental change in mood from the sublime to the ridiculous
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Pathos
a sense of pity/to appeal to emotions/ethics
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Cartharsis
emotional release
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Hamartia
a fatal flaw
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Hubris
excessive pride/self-confidence
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Melodrama
sensual dramatic piece with over dramatic characters and events to appeal to emotions
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Chorus
group of performers who would provide contextual knowledge and emotion in a scene
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Empathy
understanding why people feel the way they do (usually sad)
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Sympathy
feeling sorry for someone and how they are feeling (usually sad)
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Peripeteia
downfall/reversal of fortune
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Deus ex machina
divine/supernatural intervention
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Pathetic fallacy
when the weather depicts the overall sense of a scene
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Card 2

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The character on the light side

Back

Protagonist

Card 3

Front

critical discovery/recognition of a person and their morals/something that illuminates the protagonist's downfall

Back

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Card 4

Front

an effect of disappointment by accidental change in mood from the sublime to the ridiculous

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

a sense of pity/to appeal to emotions/ethics

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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