Peripeteia
noun,pɛrəpɪ'taɪə
Noun
a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
“a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling”
Similar:PeripetiaPeripetyType of:Surprise
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