Meaning of catastasis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
   countable, uncountable
2. The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed.
   countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Examples

“It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.”

“The object of the meta-theatre is precisely that – to allow⟳ the participants to see⟳ through their first roles in it. But that is only the catastasis.”

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