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Epitasis vs Catastasis - What's the difference?

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Catastasis is a related term of epitasis.

Epitasis is a related term of catastasis.


As nouns the difference between epitasis and catastasis

is that epitasis is the second part of a play, in which the action begins while catastasis is in classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.

epitasis

English

Noun

(epitases)
  • The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
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  • (rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.
  • (obsolete) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
  • (Dunglison)

    catastasis

    English

    Noun

  • In classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
  • :* 1922', It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, '''catastasis , catastrophe. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
  • :* 1965', ‘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 .’ — John Fowles, ''The Magus