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The recognition achieved by the [[protagonist]] of a [[tragedy]], usually an understanding of, or higher wisdom gained by acknowledging his or her <i>[[hamartia]]</i>. This recognition usually occurs after the tragedy’s <i>[[ | The recognition achieved by the [[protagonist]] of a [[tragedy]], usually an understanding of, or higher wisdom gained by acknowledging his or her <i>[[hamartia]]</i>. This recognition usually occurs after the tragedy’s <i>[[peripeteia]]</i>, like Oedipus’ realizing that he murdered his father and slept with his mother. | ||
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Revision as of 11:00, 9 October 2004
The recognition achieved by the protagonist of a tragedy, usually an understanding of, or higher wisdom gained by acknowledging his or her hamartia. This recognition usually occurs after the tragedy’s peripeteia, like Oedipus’ realizing that he murdered his father and slept with his mother.