2. Four terms from Aristotle to know…
Hamartia
Peripeteia
Anagnorisis
Catharsis

3. Hamartia…
is the protagonist’s “tragic flaw”

4. Odysseus (Remember, you read this freshman year.)
Hamartia

5. Odysseus’ “tragic flaw” is his excessive pride, hubris in Greek.
Odysseus taunts the cyclops who prays to his father Poseidon to curse Odysseus. Odysseus wanders for years and all his men die.

6. Hamlet ‘s flaw was indecisiveness.
Hamartia

7. Snow White was too trusting.
Hamartia
Elsa refused to accept herself.
Hamartia

8. Peripeteia…
is a sudden reversal of fortune.

9. Conversion of Paul

10. Anagnorisis…
The protagonist’s sudden discovery of who he really is or who another character truly is.

11. Othello…
Recognizes his own poor judgement and the true intentions of Iago.

12. Severus Snape…
Was revealed in several places to be something other than what Harry Potter or Albus Dumbledore… Still loved Lilly Double agent

13. The Sixth Sense (spoiler alert)

14. Catharsis
A Catharsis is an emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress.
A Greek word that means cleansing.  

15. The death of Gatsby is cathartic

17. Foil
a foil is a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character.

18. Sam and Carly are foils

19. Foils…