Tragedy
Purging of emotions
What is Catharsis?
In reference to a well known place, event, person, or work
What is Allusion?
A protagonists' excessive pride
What is Hubris?
Latin plays that were sung and based on Biblical texts
What is a Liturgical Play?
Where the main plot begins
What is Point of Attack?
Aristotle considered this the most important aspect of his poetics
Hero's ending contrasts their situation at the beginning of the play
What is Peripeteia?
A character's moment of discovery
What is Anagnorisis?
Comedy concerned with the nature of reality
What is Satire?
Plots rely on this to make sense of the action
What is Cause and Effect?
Translates literally to "missing the mark"
What is Hamartia?
Comic contrast as a source of comic effect
What is Incongruity?
What is Spectacle?
Exaggerated comedy for entertainment
What is Farce?
What is Episodic Structure?
Playwright who wrote "The Bacchae"
What is Euripedes?
What is a Running Gag?
Final turning point in the plot
What is Catastrophe?
Actors would portray stock characters wearing masks, mostly improvising their scenes
What is Commedia dell' Arte
Anxiety that forms from lack of knowledge; propels the plot
Suspense
Tragedy ends in:
What is Death (Figurative/Literal)?
Plot device in which the character finds themselves in increasingly complex/absurd situations
What is Entrapment?
The play that Aristotle based his Poetics on
What is Oedipus Rex?
Plays that were mostly produced in the defeat of the Spanish Armanda
Aspect of Denouement that give the work unity
What is Dramatic Recall or Coherence?