Greek Tragedy - A tragic plot based upon myths from oral traditions of archaic epics., Peripeteia - A reversal in fortune - the fall of a tragic hero from eminence to disgrace., Anagnorisis - The realisation or recognition - the 'moment of truth'., Hamartia - The tragic flaw, the critical error., Catharsis - An audience's release of stress and anxiety that brings with it greater understanding. , Irony - Expression of meaning through opposite or contrasting language. Often for comedic/emphatic effect. , Chorus - Like an Ancient Greek version of a narrator; comments on what is happening in the play and helps the audience follow along, Foreshadowing - Hinting towards something happening in the future, Rex - King, Prologue - Preliminary speech; what happens before the main event, Unity of Action - the idea that a play has one central plotline with no subplots, Unity of Time - 24 hours is enough time for a play's events to occur, Unity of Place - A single physical location is enough space for a play to exist in,

Oedipus - Greek Tragedy Key Vocabulary

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