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Object - an action that involves admirable people (better than are) and evokes pity and fear
Mode- performed b actors, not narrated (as in epic)
PoetryNecessary and probable connection of plot
Protagonist is like us (but better)
Mimesis- Imitation or representation
Katharis - purification of emotions (cleansing of emotions)
Peripeteia- Reversal of fortune
Anagnorisis- Recognition of the truth
- Best by discovery of natural means
Hamartia- a tragic flaw, weakness of character or error in judgement
Energeia- Energy - The movement of spirit
- Praxis - motivation
- Poieses - to make something
- Theoria - To grasp and understand some truth
Mythos - Plot
Ethos - Character
- Structure of a persons moral disposition (not either quirks and details of individuality)
Lexis- Diction or speech
Melos- Melody
Opsis- Spectacle