Vocab 8

10 cards·by HannahMColey

catharsis

emotional release in drama or art

climax

highest point of intensity

rout

confused fight

seer

prophet

conspiracy

secret plan to commit a crime

surmise

guess; speculation

omen

occurrence or object regarded as portending good or evil

denouement

ties up loose ends in a play

clairvoyant

a perciever of things or events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact

hamartia

character's tragic mistake, sometimes called a tragic flaw