Anagnorisis (ænəgˈnɒrɨsɨs; 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 realization 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 [[character]]s within [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotelian] [[tragedy]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrup_Frye Northrop Frye], "Myth, Fiction, And Displacement" p 25 ''Fables of Identity", ISBN 0-15-629730-2 | Anagnorisis (ænəgˈnɒrɨsɨs; 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 realization 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 [[character]]s within [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotelian] [[tragedy]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrup_Frye Northrop Frye], "Myth, Fiction, And Displacement" p 25 ''Fables of Identity", ISBN 0-15-629730-2 |