Talk:Anagnorisis

message: I added the stub-section on Popular Culture to give an example from modern times.  Further examples are welcome.  One possible example is in Over the Hedge (film), when R.J. the Raccoon sees the foragers trapped by the pest control man, and with heavy-handed dialogue from Vincent the Bear, feels the full impact of what he has done.  It remains a comedy because R.J. doesn't allow this realization to control his future actions, but instead seizes the opportunity to become the "better person" he was initially only pretending to be (but secretly wishing he could be).  --BlueNight 07:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, welcome though they are, they need to have references:  WP:OR.  Goldfritha 16:15, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Pretty much all spoilers? Most of the examples given are either from the classical, or are classics in themselves, where the story or text is well known anyway. It's not as though we have given their plots away and have deprived modern writers of their copyright. Dieter Simon (talk) 00:11, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

text:  Could you go into more details about that? It will surely be interesting. Thanks. 84.16.123.194 (talk) 22:47, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Popular Culture

message: The examples of agnorisis given are pretty much all spoilers, giving away the plot twist of whatever story they are talking about. They are given without warning and are pretty unnecessary. Come on.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.6.87.110 (talk) 18:06, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Pretty much all spoilers? Most of the examples given are either from the classical, or are classics in themselves, where the story or text is well known anyway. It's not as though we have given their plots away and have deprived modern writers of their copyright. Dieter Simon (talk) 00:11, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoilers 

message: I have to say it is sad to see a mention of the film Sixth Sense on a page about anagnorisis. Based on a reading of Aristotle it is safe to say he would have thought The Sixth Sense complete trash because it goes against just about everything Aristotle holds in esteem in Poetics. As a matter of fact, the Sixth Sense type of anagnorisis would be a good example of what Aristotle did not mean when he extolled the merits of anagnorisis! That is why I find the inclusion of such a reference in an encyclopedic article about anagnorisis egregious and distasteful.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.114.227.46 (talk) 01:17, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Could you go into more details about that? It will surely be interesting. Thanks. 84.16.123.194 (talk) 22:47, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Sixth Sense 

message: Could be mentioned in this article. The player discovers that they are controlled through simple phrases and are nothing more than a humonuculus.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.22.187.170 (talk) 20:11, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Pardon? Dieter Simon (talk) 22:09, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He's most probably talking about a game called Bioshock. Though that idea whatever it's core is is just ripped off from some classic book. 84.16.123.194 (talk) 22:49, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Bioshock?

message: Guy wakes up from dream and it saves his life (plane nearly smashed his head), goes trough weird events (seeing strange bunny, flooding(?) school, ...), and realizes he hasn't woken up. He dies just like in a dream (beheaded ???). 
Why? On the beginning You know what probably hapenned ("was it a dream"). You get dream-like situations and "cover-up" ("he's been weird since crash" + "meet psychiatrist"). The end was surprised me ;)
Now I can say that it is same as Sixth Sense. Half truth (hint), then story goes against truth, then full truth. 86.61.232.26 (talk) 00:11, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Donnie Darko? 

message: I'm ambivalent as to whether this is a good idea. But if it is to be done, surely The Usual Suspects deserves a mention more than Unbreakable. Ifnkovhg (talk) 20:24, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I came here looking for an explanation about why the Star Wars example was considered dubious, and this appears to be it. It's got a ton of fundamental issues: it's really wrong about Star Wars lore, it confuses Luke Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker, it misspells Palpatine throughout, and it's more focused on trying to summarize the plot of Star Wars than discuss the actual topic. It's really not convincing, so I'm removing the dubious tag.73.11.255.69 (talk) 01:11, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion of modern examples of anagnorisis