Entertainment / Literature / Peripeteia: The sudden reversal of fortune in a story, play, or any narrative in which there is an observable change in direction. In tragedy, this is often a change from stability and happiness toward the destruction or downfall of the protagonist. (Also spelled peripetea, Greek for 'sudden change')
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Entertainment / Literature / Tragedy: A serious play in which the chief character, by some peculiarity of psychology, passes through a series of misfortunes leading to a final, devastating catastrophe. According to Aristotle, catharsis is MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Peripety: Another term for peripeteia. See above. The word was particularly common in older English writing. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Anagnorisis: (Greek for 'recognition'): A term used by Aristotle in the Poetics to describe the moment of tragic recognition in which the protagonist realizes some important fact or insight, especially a truth abo MORE