Anagnorisis

Like you might read a Greek play and initially identify the basic agon and the key moment of anagnorisis, you might read an SF short story and initially identify the most obvious alethic quirks. ❋ Hal Duncan (2010)

Because the upside of being a tragic protagonist is that every such protagonist experiences anagnorisis, meaning “recognition.” ❋ Christina Meldrum (2011)

His anagnorisis -- when the protagonist realizes the true identities of those surrounding him along with his own -- took place in the solitary cell of Evin prison where he spent twenty days. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His anagnorisis--when the protagonist realizes the true identities of those surrounding him along with his own--took place in the solitary cell of Evin prison where he spent twenty days. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2009)

If I recall correctly, anagnorisis was in Aristotle's Poetics the "recognition" of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall, the classic example being Oedipus's recognition that he married his mother. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The author thus depicted suffered an attack of anagnorisis at least twice while reading it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And this metaphor in my head -- I got anagnorisis and peripetia on my chin. ❋ Mike Rowe (2008)

They're two sides of the same coin, just like innovation and imitation, like risk and responsibility, like peripetia and anagnorisis, like that poor little lamb, who I hope isn't quivering anymore, and like my time that's gone. ❋ Mike Rowe (2008)

Literally, the transition from ignorance to knowledge is anagnorisis, what our network does, it's what Dirty Jobs is. ❋ Mike Rowe (2008)

Structurally, TWBB is the first half of a Greek tragedy, perhaps, although the anagnorisis and catastrophe and what a catastrophe both storm in by the last twenty minutes. ❋ Princeofcairo (2008)

Aristotle refers to the "voice of the shuttle" while he's listing different ways a dramatist can bring about the anagnorisis, or moment of recognition. ❋ Unknown (2005)