Look up: peripeteia

1. peripeteia
   peripetia noun a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); `a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling`
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2. peripeteia
   the turning point in a drama after which the plot moves steadily to its denouement. It is discussed by Aristotle in the Poetics as the shift of the ... [1 related articles]
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3. peripeteia
   peripeteia, peripetia, peripety A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or events or reversal of circumstances; especially, in a literary work.
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4. Peripeteia
   `Peripeteia` (; ) is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. The term is primarily used with reference to works of literature. The English form of peripeteia is peripety. Peripety is a sudden reversal dependent on intellect and logic. In modern Greek περιπέτ�...
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