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| a stanza in a greek choral ode , identitcal in meter to the strophe, where the chorus moves from left to right responding to the strophe. |
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| a character directly opposed to the protagonist |
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| the last stage of falling action in a dramatic trajedy |
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| a purging of emotion through experiencing pity and fear through watching a Greek trajedy |
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| the use of some unexpected and improbable incident in a story or play in order to make things turn out right |
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| the last stanza of a choral ode |
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| an unfortunate incident or misstep through which the fortunes of the protagonist are reversed in a trajedy |
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| overweening pride in the face of the gods that leads to the protagonist attempting to transcent normal limits |
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| knowledge held by the audience but hidden from the relevent actors |
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| a long lyric poem, formal in style and complex in form often written in comemeration or celebration of something. |
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| the ode sung by the chorus at the beginning of the play |
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| the leading character in a literary work |
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| a form of verbal repartee; line by line fencing |
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| first stanza in a choral ode |
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