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peripetia

ریشه و کاربرد

ریشه

From the Greek word 'peripeteia' meaning 'reversal'.

مثال

  • The play's plot twist was a peripetia that shocked the audience.
  • The novel's peripetia changed the course of the protagonist's life.
  • The tragedy's peripetia led to the downfall of the main character.

تعریف انگلیسی

noun
  1. a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) “a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling”

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