Keywords

Question 1

Altruism

Answer 1

Doing something selfless for someone else

Question 2

Anagnorisis

Answer 2

Epiphany, moment of realisation experienced by every tragic hero

Question 3

Antagonist

Answer 3

The chief opponent of the protagonist

Question 4

Anti-hero

Answer 4

Character who isn’t a normal hero

Question 5

Capricious

Answer 5

Prone to sudden changes in mood

Question 6

Conscience

Answer 6

A person’s moral sense of right and wrong

Question 7

Dialogue

Answer 7

Conversation between two characters in a play

Question 8

Domestic

Answer 8

A drama set in a household

Question 9

Dramatic foil

Answer 9

A character that only exists to contrast to another

Question 10

Dramatic irony

Answer 10

When the audience knows the full significance of something but other characters don’t

Question 11

Duplicity

Answer 11

Deceitful behaviour

Question 12

Foreshadowing

Answer 12

An indication of a future event

Question 13

Hamartia

Answer 13

Hero’s fatal flaw that leads to their inevitable downfall

Question 14

Hindsight

Answer 14

Understanding of a situation only after it has happened

Question 15

Hypocorism

Answer 15

A nickname that shows affection or closeness

Question 16

Irony

Answer 16

Saying something using language that normally signifies the opposite meaning

Question 17

Juxtaposition

Answer 17

Putting two ideas next to each other for contrasting effects

Question 18

Nadir

Answer 18

The lowest point, a time of great depression or adversity

Question 19

Omniscient

Answer 19

All knowing

Question 20

Protagonist

Answer 20

The principal character

Question 21

Proxemics

Answer 21

Spacing on stage between characters

Question 22

Soliloquy

Answer 22

The act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud regardless of any hearers

Question 23

Suspense

Answer 23

Anxious uncertainty about what may happen

Question 24

Tension

Answer 24

A sense of awkwardness

Question 25

Tragedy

Answer 25

A play telling the downfall and death of the main character

Question 26

Zenith

Answer 26

The highest point, the peak of culmination