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Peripeteia

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Peripeteia (, peripety, alternative Latin form: Peripetīa, ultimately from Greek: περιπέτεια) is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point, within a work of literature.

Peripeteia - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reversal of circumstances, turning point For a purported perpetual motion generator, see perepiteia . For the Anagnorisis album, see Peripeteia (album) . Peripeteia ( / ˌ p ɛr ə p ɪ ˈ t eɪ . ə / , peripety, alternative Latin form: Peripetīa, ultimately from Greek : περιπέτεια ) is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point, within a work of literature. Aristotle's view [ edit ] Aristotle , in his Poetics , defines peripeteia as "a change by which the action veers round to its opposite, subject always to our rule of

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