Shakespeare- Much ado about Nothing

Question 1

temperament

Answer 1

A person’s or animal’s nature.

Question 2

to incite

Answer 2

to encourage or stir up violent or unlawful behaviour.

Question 3

misogyny

Answer 3

Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.

Question 4

chaste

Answer 4

Abstaining from either all sexual intercourse or just that of which is out of marriage.

Question 5

soliloquy

Answer 5

An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Question 6

antagonist

Answer 6

a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. Often the villain in a play.

Question 7

archetypal (typical)

Answer 7

Very typical of a certain kind of person or thing.

Question 8

dramatic irony

Answer 8

When the audience knows more than the character

Question 9

protagonist

Answer 9

The leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel etc.

Question 10

dramatic tension

Answer 10

the feeling that something more exciting is about to happen

Question 11

stage directions

Answer 11

The parts of your script around your dialogue that help describe the action, setting and characters.

Question 12

satire

Answer 12

using humour for quite serious matters or to mock someone

Question 13

comic relief

Answer 13

using humour to distract you from more serious content.

Question 14

semantic field

Answer 14

A set of words related in meaning

Question 15

natural order

Answer 15

The physical universe, considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws.

Question 16

juxtaposition

Answer 16

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects.