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MA English Literature Peripeteia — practice questions

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Aristotle defines 'Reversal of the Situation' (peripeteia) as:Read the answer and worked solution →'Peripeteia' means:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Aristotle defines 'Reversal of the Situation' (peripeteia) as:

  1. A change in the chorus
  2. A change by which the action veers round to its opposite
  3. A change in the audience's mood
  4. A change in stage decor
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Correct answer: B. A change by which the action veers round to its opposite

1. Peripeteia denotes a structural turn of the action. 2. It works most powerfully when paired with recognition. 3. The translation here is canonical. _Source: Project Gutenberg #1974 — Aristotle's Poetics — "Reversal of the Situation is a change by which the action veers round to its opposite"_

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'Peripeteia' means:

  1. Purgation
  2. Recognition
  3. Imitation
  4. Reversal
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Correct answer: D. Reversal

1. Aristotle: 'a change by which the action veers round to its opposite.' 2. It is one of two plot-elements he prizes. 3. The other is anagnorisis (recognition). _Source: Project Gutenberg #1974 — Aristotle's Poetics — "Reversal of the Situation is a change by which the action veers round to its opposite"_

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