Ah, Oedipus Rex—the ancient Greek tragedy that taught us all a valuable life lesson: don’t try to outsmart fate. At the heart of this classic play lies a peripeteia, a dramatic reversal of fortune that hits poor Oedipus like a freight train.
Peripeteia in Macbeth
Ah, Macbeth—a classic tale of unchecked ambition, witches, and, of course, peripeteia. What’s that, you ask? Well, peripeteia is the point in a story where everything flips.