In Oedipus Rex, the messenger and shepherd together let Oedipus discover that Laius was his father and Jocasta his mother. Which term names this moment?

In Antigone, Creon hears Tiresias warn that the gods reject Thebes' sacrifices, yet he accuses the prophet of greed and clings to his edict. Which term fits this defiance?

Creon's edict treats civic order as if it can cancel burial obligations, and that misjudgment begins the action that ruins his household. Which term names the tragic error?

Oedipus seeks Laius's murderer to save Thebes, but the evidence turns the search back on Oedipus himself. Which tragic term names that turn in the action?

Oedipus curses the unknown murderer of Laius while the audience recognizes that the inquiry is moving toward Oedipus himself. Which dramatic device is at work?

Jason expects his new marriage in Medea to secure status, but Medea's revenge leaves him childless and isolated. Which term names that reversal of fortune?

After Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice die, Creon's ruin focuses the audience's pity and fear. Which term names that tragic emotional effect?

In Medea, the title character gives a sustained speech to the Corinthian women about betrayal and resolve rather than a quick exchange. Which term names this speech type?

Aristotle uses hamartia to name one component of tragic action. Which definition fits the term?

Which definition fits peripeteia in Greek tragedy?

Which definition fits anagnorisis?

In Aristotle's account of tragedy, catharsis names what?

Which definition fits hubris as a tragic term?

In Greek tragedy, what is the chorus?

In Antigone, the chorus sings of human wonders after Creon's edict and the report that the body was buried. What does this placement do?

After Oedipus and Tiresias clash, the chorus voices fear and uncertainty before the facts are settled. What is the chorus doing there?

In Medea, the Corinthian women first sympathize with Medea's grievance and agree to silence before her revenge exceeds their control. What does that choral placement do?

In Antigone, the chorus sings about overpowering desire after Haemon and Creon argue. What does placing the ode there accomplish?

After disputes over prophecy and power in Oedipus Rex, the chorus warns against pride and tyranny. What does that placement emphasize?

Aristotle praises plots where recognition and reversal strike together, as in Oedipus Rex. What does binding them accomplish?

Oedipus begins by investigating an external criminal, but each answer turns the evidence inward. What structural effect does this ordering create?

In Antigone, Creon changes course after Tiresias, but when he reaches the tomb, Antigone has already hanged herself. What does that order do?

Medea secures Aegeus's oath of refuge before she completes her revenge. What does that sequence do for the plot?

A tragedy whose catastrophe comes from random accident rather than from error, reversal, and recognition would lose what Aristotelian effect?

In Oedipus Rex, Jocasta realizes danger first and urges Oedipus to stop, but he presses the shepherd for the truth. What does this delay intensify?