Family Matters
Ismene's Uncle
Creon
The "chief thing" of tragedy
The ending
The release of pity and fear
Catharsis
According to Aristotle, the best genre ever
Tragedy
Creon's step-brother/nephew
Oedipus
Begged Oedipus to stop looking for the truth
Jocasta
A complex plot includes both recognition and
Reversal of the situation (or fortune)
The term meaning "because of this" for ordering of plot points: _______ hoc
Proper
If history talks about what has happened, poetry talks about what _____ happen
May (might, could)
Antigone's grandfather
Laius
Went to the Oracle to find the reason behind the plague
Creon
The worst type of recognition is by ________
Signs
The least artistic part of a tragedy is the
Spectacle
History is particular, poetry is ________
Universal
Oedipus's nephew/almost son-in-law
Haemon
Warned Creon that the people love Antigone
Haemon
What can deus ex machina be used for?
Events "off-stage" or preceding the play
"Anagnorisis" is what plot component
Recognition
This genre can span a longer amount of time than tragedy
Epic Poetry
Jocasta's sons/grandsons
Polynices and Eteocles
Accused of disloyalty by two kings
Tiresias
Unity of plot is created by
Logic
"Peripeteia" is what plot component
Reversal of the situation (fortune)
This genre depicts humans as worse than they are
Comedy