JAMB - Literature In English (2007 - No. 38)

This question is based on General Literary Principles

The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge in a character is know as
hamartia
anagnorisis
hubris
anamnesis

Explanation

Anagnorisis (/ˌænəɡˈnɒrᵻsᵻs/; Ancient Greek: ἀναγνώρισις) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally meant recognition.

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