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Hubris
pride, leading to overconfidence
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Tragedy
the representation of serious and important actions that lead to a disastrous end for the protagonist.
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Dramatic Monologue
a poem, written as a speech, made by a character at a decisive moment in the story
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Dramatic Irony
a special kind of suspenseful expectation, when the audience or reader understands the implication and meaning of a situation onstage and foresees the oncoming disaster (tragedy) or triumph (comedy), but the character does not.
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Tragic Irony
a form of dramatic irony that ultimately arrives at some tragedy.
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Hamartia
the tragic hero's error or transgression.
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Tragic Flaw
moral Achilles' heal; weakness
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Purgation/Katharsis
at the end of a tragedy, we feel better, not worse.
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Recognition
the realization of some fact not know before.
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Reversal
an action that turns out to have the opposite effect of the one the doer intended.
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