Question

Peripeteia is:

• A. A sudden reversal of fortune
• B. The hero’s tragic flaw
• C. The moral of the story
• D. The unification of time and place

Answer 1

Answer:

A. A sudden reversal of fortune

Peripeteia:

A reversal, either from good to bad or bad to good. Peripeteia often occurs at the climax of a story, often prompted by anagnorisis. Indeed, we might say that the peripeteia is the climax of a story: it is the turning point in the action, where things begin to move toward a conclusion.