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peripeetia

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 31.01.2025

Meanings

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järsk, ootamatu pööre kirjandusteose, filmi vm süžee arengus

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  • Peripeetia on omane keerulise tegevustikuga tragöödiale.
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(äkilise elumuutuse, keerulise olukorra kohta)

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  • Kolmandal päeval saabub peripeetia, idüll lõpeb.

Terminological databases

Filmikunsti terminibaas Filmterm

ID 453882 Last modified 07.11.2023
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Domain screenwriting
pööre
pöörak
twist
reversal
peripety
  • the inversion from one state of affairs to its opposite. For example, an action seems destined for success but suddenly moves toward failure, or vice versa. According to Aristotle, peripety is, along with recognition, the most potent means of ensuring the tragic effect. (Prince, 1987)
  • a sudden reversal of a character's circumstances and fortunes. (Baldick, 2001, p. 189) [As a plot point a] twist is surprising, yet explainable and motivated change in the direction of the action. (International Screenwriters' Association, 2017); in a "tragedy" usually involving the downfall of the "protagonist", and often coinciding with the "recognition" or "anagnorisis"; in a "comedy", however, the [twist or] peripeteia abruptly restores the prosperity of the main character(s). (Baldick, 2001, p. 189) Also see coup de theatre, hamartia, anagnorisis
pööre
pöörak
twist
reversal
peripety

Koolisõnastikud 2005–2010

ID 601334 Last modified 26.04.2021
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Domain literature
  • pööre kirjandusteose süžee arengus, mis järgneb kulminatsioonile ja toob kaasa pinevuse languse

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Inflection Type 1

peripeetia peripeetiad
peripeetia peripeetiate
peripeetiat peripeetiaid

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