Dramatic Techniques (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

Emotional purification through pity & terror (Aristotle)

Audience knows something important that characters don't

Excessive pride (Oedipus's tragic flaw)

Tragic flaw (Aristotle's concept)

Rapid-fire alternating single-line dialogue

Fifteen

Moment of recognition or discovery

Reversal of fortune/dramatic reversal

Physically blind yet possesses prophetic vision/sees truth

All action occurs within a single day