Relevant Vocabulary

Question 1

Define Tragic Hero

Answer 1

• Main Characater experiences tragic downfall

Question 2

Define Hamartia

Answer 2

• Fatal flaw leading to downfall of MC
• Jealous, quick tempor, gullible

Question 3

Define Peripeteia

Answer 3

• Sudden unexpected change in characters circumstances
  Othello:
  1st - Well respected plus successful general
  2nd - Convinced his wife cheated and murdered her

Question 4

Define Hubris

Answer 4

• Excessive pride or self-confidence
  Othello:
  Unwillingness to change conviction that Desdemona is having an affair

Question 5

Define Anagnorisis

Answer 5

• Point in a play when MC discovers another character’s true identity pr true nature of their own circumstances
  Emilia:
  Messanger who delivers the truth to Othello

Question 6

Define Pathos

Answer 6

• Quality that evokes pity or sadness
  Iago:
  Appeals to Rodrigo and Othello’s emotions

Question 7

Define Catharsis

Answer 7

• Process of releasing therefore providing relief from strong or repetitive emotions

Question 8

Define Denouement

Answer 8

• Final part of play in which strands of the plot are drawn together plus matters are explained or resolved
  Othello:
  Emilia explaining how her ‘husbands’ is responsible for all their disasters

Question 9

Define Fate

Answer 9

• Development of events outside a person’s control
  Iago: Stabs and kills Emilia
  Othello: Lamenting loss of his wife, kills himself next to her

Question 10

Define Ineviatble

Answer 10

• Certain to happen, unavoidable
  Othello: Inevitability when he arrives in Cyprus, and declares he ‘too much joy’

Question 11

Define Tragic Villain

Question 12

Define External Pressure

Question 13

Define Machiavellian

Answer 13

• Cunning, scheming
• Its acceptable for someone to be harmful plus selfish as the ways to achieve power

Question 14

Define Tragic Victim

Question 15

racism

Define Antithesis

Answer 15

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

Question 16

Racism

Define Stereotype

Answer 16

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Question 17

Define Hamartia

Answer 17

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

Question 18

gender

Define subservient

Answer 18

willing to do what another person, organization wants, and considering your aims or wishes to be less important than those of others

Question 19

gender

Define domestic sphere

Answer 19

women belong in the domestic or private sphere, which is concerned with home and family.

women belong in domestic/private sphere - concerned with home + family

Question 20

gender

Define ideology

Answer 20

• a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
• the science of ideas; the study of their origin and nature

Question 21

Asyndetic vs Syndetic lists

Answer 21

• Syndetic means connected by a conjunction (e.g. and, but, if, so)
• Asyndetic means with a comma instead of a conjunction to separate the items in a list, with an “and” or other conjunction before the last item.

Question 22

Define Rational

Answer 22

based on or in accordance with reason or logic

Question 23

Define Noble

Answer 23

belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy.

Question 24

Define Intergrity

Answer 24

he quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

Question 25

Define Misogynistic

Answer 25

dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women

Question 26

Define meritocracy

Answer 26

a society or social system in which people get status or rewards because of what they achieve, rather than because of their wealth or social status

Question 27

Define duplicitous

Answer 27

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another. synonyms: double-dealing. type of: deceit

Question 28

Define debased value system

Answer 28

the action or process of reducing the quality or value of something

Question 29

Define prejudiced

Answer 29

preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Question 30

Define Sprezzatura

Answer 30

studied carelessness, especially as a characteristic quality or style of art or literature

Question 31

Define self-possessed

Answer 31

calm, confident, and in control of one’s feelings; composed

Question 32

Define precarious

Answer 32

liable to failure or catastrophe; insecure; perilous

Question 33

Define perilous

Answer 33

full of danger or risk

Question 34

Define embittered

Answer 34

angry or resentful at having been treated unfairly

Question 35

define malevolent

Answer 35

having or showing a wish to do evil to others

Question 36

Define complicit

Answer 36

involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong

Question 37

graft

Answer 37

• combine or integrate (an idea, system, etc.) with another, typically in a way considered inappropriate
• something medical

Question 38

Etymology

Answer 38

the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history

Question 39

imperative

Answer 39

of vital importance, crucial

Question 40

malodorous

Answer 40

smelling very unpleasant

Question 41

coalitions

Answer 41

a temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government