KT

Question 1

Abyss

Answer 1

A deep, immeasurable space, gulf or cavity. Anything unfathomable or infinite

Question 2

Anti-semitism

Answer 2

Suspicion of/hatred toward/discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage

Question 3

Authorial intention

Answer 3

When the author wand the audience to think or feel something

Question 4

Conflict

Answer 4

A fight, battle or struggle. Conflicts between parties or a conflict of ideas

Question 5

Contrast

Answer 5

Two opposite ideas/characters/themes/images

Question 6

Cross purposes

Answer 6

Two characters speaking about two different things to each other at the same time

Question 7

Culture

Answer 7

The behaviours and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic or age group

Question 8

Displacement

Answer 8

Forced migration due to conflict

Question 9

Dramatic device

Answer 9

A technique used by writers in plays (split stage/stage directions/props)

Question 10

Duologue

Answer 10

Two characters speaking to each other

Question 11

Fascism

Answer 11

Groups (e.g. Nazis) that think they are superior so target people that they think are causing degeneration of their ideal race

Question 12

Identity

Answer 12

How one views oneself and how others view you. Who you are. Links strongly to culture and background

Question 13

Incarnations

Answer 13

Representation of the same idea

Question 14

Inter-generational

Answer 14

Occurring between different generations

Question 15

Juxtaposition

Answer 15

The act of placing two ideas side by side for contrast

Question 16

Monologue

Answer 16

One character speaks aloud their thoughts to the audience

Question 17

Motherhood

Answer 17

The act of being a mother

Question 18

Motif

Answer 18

A recurring subject, theme or idea

Question 19

On stage audience

Answer 19

Characters on stage who are watching, but not part of the audience

Question 20

Persecution

Answer 20

The systematic mistreatment of a group by another group (religious/ethnic/political)

Question 21

Physical manifestations of the emotional or psychological

Answer 21

When something physical/real represents an idea or feeling

Question 22

Propaganda

Answer 22

A form of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community towards a cause so as to benefit a group. Information is presented to influence an audience

Question 23

Props

Answer 23

Things actors use on stage that are symbolic

Question 24

Psyche

Answer 24

The human mind, conscious and subconscious

Question 25

Ratcatcher music

Answer 25

The music accompanying the ratcatcher

Question 26

Repression

Answer 26

Memory inhibition- a choice made by the individual to oppress their memories and past experiences

Question 27

Separation

Answer 27

To be divided or taken away from someone

Question 28

Split stage

Answer 28

Theatrical device where two scenes happen simultaneously on different sides of the stage (used in KT to represent Evelyn’s memories)

Question 29

Stage directions

Answer 29

Written in the script to give the actor specific instructions as to how to play the scene

Question 30

Symbol

Answer 30

An object which represents something else. Actions and gestures are also symbolic

Question 31

Tension

Answer 31

To feel suspense/tense

Question 32

Theatre audience

Answer 32

People watching the play

Question 33

Theme

Answer 33

Broad message/idea or moral of the story

Question 34

Time shift

Answer 34

When the play moves backwards and forwards in time in an instant

Question 35

Timelessness

Answer 35

Eternal/ageless

Question 36

Universality

Answer 36

All humanity able to relate to something

Question 37

Abandonment

Answer 37

Desertion of an idea or person

Question 38

Dramatic effect

Answer 38

A moment of drama within the play to affect the audience in some way

Question 39

Symbolism

Answer 39

The use of a symbol to represent an idea