Notes Flashcards
facade
mask, disguise
Recusant
Roman Catholic, secret
perspicacious
sees beneath the surface
day of judgment
hell, limbo (people who can’t go to heaven but shouldn’t go to hell), purgatory (when a Christian dies before completing their penance), and heaven.
non-sequitar
comment that doesn’t follow in connected sequence, is out of sequence
psychomachia
when there is conflict within the mind
prudentius
modern, Freudian volcano or iceburg of id, ego, and superego
displacement
seeking a way to unload repressed feelings onto an innocent, inappropriately, or excessively
etymology
the study of words and language
idiosyncratic
eccentric, peculiar
Superego
guild and shame, guardian
ego
attention, recognition, inclusion, praise, approval, sympathy, love, social realist, performance
id
hypnosis, slip of the tongue, dream analysis, drugs,
gudgeon
slip of the tongue
tableau virante
living stage
rankle
to disturb in the depths
atelier
workshop
viable
functioning
dosier
professional file
legacy
student that gets into a university because their family did
pedagogy
discipline of teaching
myriad
duper abundant, used without an article (the or a), used by itself
arras
curtain, belgian made cloth
dogger
clumsy, awkward verse, not married well, forced
dolce
aesthetic pleasure, delight
utile
usefulness, teaching, wisdom
didactic
on purpose, instructed, deliberate
introspection
study of your own mind, reflection
mea culpa
self accusation, “my own capablity”
nuance
connotation, admixture
inured
desensitized, get used to
die weltanshcaung
the total world-view mindset
niche
hollowed out area to contain flowers
sacer
sacred, holy, a seer or prophet, a guide or teacher
der edler tor
the wise fool/clown, idiot savant
tetched
touched, blows away reason, metaphysical
ex cathedra
from the bishop’s throne
Differences between a monologue, soliloque, and aside
monologue is taken place with characters, soliloque is alone, aside is shorter version of monologue
voyearism
watcher looking at a forbidden thing
transgressive
sinful/forbidden
double entendre
two meanings
subjunction
beyond what’s possible
balm
medicines that give peace
in medias res
in the middle of things
Why has Roderigo given Iago his money?
he has promised to be a pimp for him
exaggeration, overstatement
credibility goes down, hyperbole
understatement
believed at face-value, seen as truth
utilitarian
someone who uses someone and takes off afterwards
Big Lie Technique
if you say it loud enough and often enough, people will believe it
volta facia
a total “about face”
miscegenation
interracial relationship
