Oedipus Rex by Cinthia Carlos

Dithyramb

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Definition: a passionate or inflated speech or poem or other writing

Tragedy

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Definition: a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character

Comedy

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Definition: professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh

Epiphany

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Definition: When the character comes to realization or feeling or knowledge

Catharsis

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Definition: to let go of your feelings to be morally and spiritually successful

Peripeteia

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Definition: the change from one state of things at the beginning of the play to exact opposite state by the end of the play.

Recognition/Discovery

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Definition: acknowledging somethings existence or value

Propriety

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Definition: make standards of good or bad morals

Irony

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Definition: expressing something by normally signifying language opposite

Plot

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Definition: there must be a unity of plot. a good plot has peripety or discover- sometimes both.

Diction

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Definition: the actual composition of the lines that are recited. diction deals with how it is said.

Character

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Definition: each character has an essential quality or nature that is revealed to the plot. the moral of each character must be clear to the audience.

Melody/Song

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Definition: has to blend in with the play appropriately.

Thought

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Definition: the power of saying whatever can be said and what should be said at each moment of the plot.

Spectacle

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Definition: the staging of the play.