Parts and Unities
The final scene/song as the chorus departs.
What is Exodus?
This word for a type of character describes Oedipus and possibly Antigone and Creon.
What is the tragic hero?
A major flaw or accident that directly causes the downfall of a hero/heroine.
What is hamartia?
A moral compass that reflects what the audience is thinking.
What is a chorus?
According to Aristotle, people are drawn to tragedies for this reason.
The unity that dictates an impactful tragedy should occur within the span of a day
What is the Unity of Time?
Aristotle thought we needed it in a tragedy to allow the audience to relate to the characters.
What is a tragic flaw?
These emotions are what hamartia is meant to elicit in the audience.
What are pity and fear?
The chorus comments on these two characters in Antigone.
Who are Creon and Antigone?
The main issue that Aristotle had with the Oedipus plays.
What is they did not picture Oedipus' Hamartia?
The part of a tragedy that encompasses "the origin point of actions, decisions and the expression of values."
What is thought?
The tragic hero must do some awful action out of malice, ignorance or this.
What is allowed the action to occur?
In the words of Aristotle, hamartia is best depicted as this.
What is the protagonist being stuck in a situation of crisis where they make an error?
The part of the tragedy that clarifies loose ends and involves the closing and falling action.
What is denouement?
The Oedipus plays considered to be the “least imperfect” by Aristotle for this reason.
What is there are parts of the plays that break Aristotle's rules, but it still evokes catharsis
The entrance chant delivered by the chorus as they enter the stage.
What is Parados?
The reason many scholars disagree that Creon can be a tragic hero.
What are his villainous qualities and his lack of satisfactory self-reflection?
The primary example of hamartia in the play Oedipus the King.
What is Oedipus' attempts to evade his oracle and fate?
The audience is in fear for Thebes due to Creon's stubbornness and pride as a result of this term.
What is catharsis?
Aristotle believed that there was a problem in Oedipus being the key for the Oedipus trilogy to function because of this idea.
What is "Without actions there can be no tragedy but without character there could be?"