Anagnorisis
Moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the black/death metal band, see Anagnorisis (band). For the German musician, see Anagnorisis (Sariola).
Anagnorisis (/ˌænəɡˈnɒrɪsɪs/; Ancient Greek: ἀναγνώρισις) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally meant recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood for. Anagnorisis was the hero's sudden awareness of a real situation, the realisation of things as they stood, and finally, the hero's insight into a relationship with an often antagonistic character in Aristotelian tragedy.[1]