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a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative.
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When does the peripeteia anagnorisis and catastrophe occur?
Perepeteia is the tragic irony. It means reversal and Aristotle has used it as Reversal of Fate. This occurs the very moment when oedipus finds that he is the son of Laius And jocasta from the shephered. Aristotle considered it the best tragedy when the hero finds the truth and it coiincides with the reversal of his fortunes. Catastrophe is the disaster of play. This occurs with the downfall of hero. Jocasta's suicide and Oedipus blinding himself and the kingdom taken away from him is the catastrophe of this play. Anagnorisis is the acceptence of fate by the hero. Tragic hero understanding what has happened. In other words he realises his hamartia(tragic flaw, committed unknowingly). The hero accepts that the mistake was hisand that bhe could have done nothing to stop the inevitable chain of events which started after his hamartia.
What is the tragic element in the line woe woe woe woe all cometh clear at last?
The tragic element is called anagnorisis, or awareness. Oedipus can now see exactly what the oracles meant, and how the tragedy of his life actually occurred, although hidden from him by his misperception. It may also be considered a perepeteia, or reversal, and irony because he delivers his own fate.The line emphasises the human suffering behind it. This is achieved in the indication that what was most sought (before it comes "at last") is also a great source of suffering, indicated in the repetition of "woe". Two notable elements of the line achieve this - the repetition of "woe", and the particular choice of sentence structure that concludes the line with "at last" in order to emphasise the irony of the speaker's erstwhile search for the source of his present suffering. Either can be the tragic element, as they both emphasise the suffering of the speaker.
