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catastasis
In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
💬 Quotations
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.
(rhetoric) The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed.