Here are Greek words and their meanings. The
words come out in World Literature.
Mimesis or "imitation",
"representation"
Catharsis or, variously, "purgation",
"purification", "clarification"
Peripeteia or "reversal"
Anagnorisis or
"recognition", "identification"
Hamartia or "miscalculation" (understood in
Romanticism as "tragic flaw")
Mythos or "plot"
Ethos or "character"
Dianoia or "thought", "theme"
Melos or
"melody"
Opsis or "spectacle"
Extra lessons:
Plot-actions.
Character-moral qualities
Thought-decision
Diction-performance
Song-music
Spectacle-set design