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| a pivotal or crucial action on the part of the protagonist that changes his situation from seemingly secure to vulnerable, that starts his downfall or his slide into inevitable tragedy |
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| ("tragic recognition or insight"): according to Aristotle, a moment of clairvoyant insight or understanding in the mind of the tragic hero, as he suddenly comprehends the web of fate that he has entangled himself in and realizes that it is his own choices that are responsible for his awful mistakes |
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| Themis (be able to define and list examples) |
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| God given laws, natural order: no regicide, no patricide, no incest, must give burial rights to the dead, musn’t disturb the hierarchy or the natural order of the world |
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| Nomos (be able to define and list examples) |
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| Human made laws, Temporal (time bound), to avoid social chaos: Taxes, armed force, service, civil law, contracts, laws that govern commerce |
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| Hierarchy (be able to define and list) |
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| Social Order: Gods, king, noble class (Male), citizen (Male), servants & pesants, slaves/woman/children |
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| ("retribution") the inevitable punishment or cosmic payback for acts of hubris |
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