Antigone Unit Literary Terms

1. Antigone Literary Terms
MISS PINKER

2. Poetic justice
 noun
 the fact of
experiencing a fitting
or deserved retribution
for one's actions

3. Stichomythia
 noun
 dialogue in which two characters speak
alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device
in ancient Greek drama.

4. Tragic hero/heroine
 noun
 a great or virtuous character in a dramatic
tragedy who is destined for
downfall, suffering, or defeat

5. Paradox
 noun
 a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or
apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises,
leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically
unacceptable, or self-contradictory

6. Exodus
 noun
 a mass departure of people, especially
emigrants.

7. Harmartia
 noun
 a fatal flaw leading to the
downfall of a tragic hero or
heroine.

8. Hubris
 noun
 excessive pride or self-confidence.

9. Dramatic Irony
 noun
 irony that is inherent in speeches
or a situation of a drama and is
understood by the audience but
not grasped by the characters in
the play.

10. Invocation
 noun
 1. the action of invoking something
or someone for assistance or as an
authority.
 2. the summoning of a deity or the
supernatural.

11. Catharsis
 noun
 the process of
releasing, and
thereby providing
relief from, strong or
repressed
emotions.

12. In medias res
 adverb
 into the middle of a narrative; without
preamble.

13. Epic simile
 Noun
 also called Homeric simile
 an extended simile often running
to several lines, used typically
in epic poetry to intensify the
heroic stature of the subject and
to serve as decoration.