December 11, 2014 (Week 14)
＊Conflict(s)
＊Term Explanation
This type of irony is the device of giving the spectator an item of information that at least one of the characters in the narrative is unaware of (at least consciously), thus placing the spectator a step ahead of at least one of the characters.
2. Chorus
a vocal ensemble
3. Tragedy
Tragedy is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing.
4. Tragic hero
A tragic hero (or tragic heroine, if a woman) is the protagonist of a tragedy.
(flawless 無瑕疵的，完美的)
In tragedy, hamartia is the protagonist’s error or flaw that leads to a chain of plot actions culminating in a reversal from his/her good fortune to bad. What qualifies as the error or flaw can include an error resulting from ignorance, an error of judgement, a flaw in character, or sin.
6. Hubris
Hubris means extreme pride or self-confidence. When it offends the Gods of ancient Greece, it is usually punished. The adjectival form of the noun hubris is "hubristic".
7. Catharsis
Catharsis is the purification and purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. It is a metaphor originally used by Aristotle in the Poetics to describe the effects of tragedy on the spectator.
8. Fallen angel
A fallen angel is a wicked or rebellious angel that has been cast out of heaven.
←Statue of the Fallen Angel, Retiro Park (Madrid, Spain)
9. Inferno (7 deadly sins)
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