Anagnorisis (; ) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally meant
recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood for. Anagnorisis was the
hero's sudden awareness of a real situation, the realisation of things as they stood, and finally, the hero's insight into a relationship with an often
antagonistic character in
Aristotelian tragedy.