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peripeteia

[ per-uh-pi-tahy-uh, -tee-uh ]

noun

  1. a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal, especially in a literary work.

peripeteia

/ -ˈtɪə; pəˈrɪpətɪ; ˌpɛrɪpɪˈtaɪə /

noun

  1. (esp in drama) an abrupt turn of events or reversal of circumstances
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±è±ð°ù¾±±è±ðˈ³Ù±ð¾±²¹²Ô, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peripeteia1

First recorded in 1585–95; from Greek ±è±ð°ù¾±±èé³Ù±ð¾±²¹ “sudden change,†equivalent to ±è±ð°ù¾±±è±ð³Ù(ḗs) literally, “falling round†( peri- peri- + pet-, base of ±èí±è³Ù±ð¾±²Ô “to fallâ€) + -eia -y 3
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peripeteia1

C16: from Greek, from peri- + piptein to fall (to change suddenly, literally: to fall around)
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A tragedy, wrote Aristotle in the fourth century BC, depicts the fall of a great but flawed man, and hinges on a peripeteia, or sudden reversal, like the Italian defender’s slur.

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My second thought: the Greek word “peripeteia,†a sudden reversal of fortune.

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But the most crucial element of tragedy as he saw it was peripeteia: reversals of fortune.

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This is the classic Aristotelian peripeteia: the sudden reversal of fortune.

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"When the heir returneth, then shall ring the bell, so the legend runneth, so the old men tell"; in some such words was this grand peripeteia announced in the text.

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