The term Malapropism refers to a
linguistic incongruity having derived its name from the character of Mrs. Malaprop in
Sheridan's comedy, The Rivals. French mal a propos
means "ill to the purpose", i.e. inappropriate. Mrs. Malaprop, an elderly
widow in Sheridan's play, was in the habit of using words inappropriately, e.g. "a nice
derangement of epitaphs" for "a nice
arrangement of epithets". Such inappropriate use of words/phrases is called
Malapropism.
The term
Peripetia owes its origin to Aristotle's
Poetics. It is a Greek word which means "reversal". Aristotle
refers to this term to suggest a reversal of fortunes for the protagonist in tragedy.
Peripety occurs in Sophocles's tragedy when the messenger from
Corinth comes to inform Oedipus that king Polybus and queen Merope are dead, and he
further tells the king of Thebes that Polybus and Merope were not his parents. His
father was Laius and mother was Jocasta.
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