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Anagnorisis!!

Anagnorisis (IPA: /ˌænəgˈnɒrɨsɨs/; Ancient Greek: ἀναγνώρισις), also known as discovery, originally meant recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood for, what he or she represented; it was the hero's suddenly becoming aware of a real situation and therefore the realisation of things as they stood; and finally it was a perception that resulted in an insight the hero had into his relationship with often antagonistic characters within Aristotelian tragedy.

 

But then I ask...Isn't this also the initial moment of recognition??

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Uploaded on March 28, 2009
Taken on March 28, 2009