Across
- 3. To make foul, dirty, unclear, or impure
- 4. To go above or beyond limits; to exceed
- 6. Inborn capacities
- 7. An expression of grief
- 8. A slow, mournful piece of music; a funeral hymn
- 9. Pointed; expressing much in a few words
- 10. To willfully determine to go against what is expected or desired
- 11. Leads to a disastrous conclusion – twists of fate play a key role in the hero’s destruction
- 14. Oppressively hot or moist; inflamed
- 15. Having the ability to compel; having an irresistible, irrational impulse to do something
- 16. A play that recounts an important series of events in the life of a significant person, which culminates in an unhappy catastrophe; the purpose is to arouse the emotions of pity and fear and produce a catharsis
- 17. Satisfied fully
Down
- 1. Limber; physically flexible
- 2. One who disrespects laws or rules
- 3. Inciting moment, introduction/exposition, rising action, complication, climax, reversal/turning point, falling action, catastrophe, moment of last suspense
- 4. To violate or break a law, command, or moral code
- 5. Group of dancers/singers who comment on the action; in ancient Greece, their songs used to make up the bulk of the play (15 members)
- 12. Promising success; favorable
- 13. An order put out by a person in authority
- 15. Leader of the chorus – gives insight into the message of the play; represents the response of ordinary citizens to the tragic events unfolding