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/kəˈtæstəsɪs/ · noun
In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe..
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.
Use catastasis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Catastasis means In classical drama, the second and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe..
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It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe.
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