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1
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Pathos

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a quality that evokes sadness/pity from the audience

2
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Peripeteia

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a sudden reversal of fortune or change of circumstance

3
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Catharsis

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the release of emotions such as fear or sadness through looking at art

(audience feels better about themselves after witnessing the state of the hero’s life)

4
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Anagnorisis

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a moment in a play when a character makes a critical discovery

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Hubris

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excessive pride/self-confidence (that stops the hero from realising he/she is wrong)

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Hamartia

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tragic/fatal flaw (Aristotle’s first key element of tragedy)

7
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Aristotles three unities

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  1. time (1 day)
  2. place (1 place)
  3. action (1 plot)
8
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Tragic hero

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literary character who makes a judgement error that leads to his/her destruction