Tier Two Vocabulary – Malfi Key Words&Techniques

Question 1

The Malcontent

Answer 1

a person who is discontented with the existing situation

Question 2

Archetype

Answer 2

something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a kind of person or thing because it has all their most important characteristics

Question 3

Antonyms

Answer 3

name which is appropriate to the personality of character

Question 4

Motif

Answer 4

repeated image / pattern

Question 5

Iamb

Answer 5

one foot of poetry

one unstressed followed by stressed beat

Question 6

What are 3 things poetic decorum let’s us see?

Answer 6

1. status of character
2. tone (serious= poetry / comical = prose)
3. mental decline (sanity= poetry / insanity= prose)

Question 7

What is prose?

Answer 7

everyday language

Question 8

Machinations?

Answer 8

plots and schemes

Question 9

What is the Machiavellian villain?

Answer 9

a person who will do anything to remain in power - inspired by Machiavelli

Question 10

Vilified?

Answer 10

made to appear evil

Question 11

Choleric?

Answer 11

full of anger

Question 12

Sanctimonious?

Answer 12

pretending to be morally superior to others

Question 13

Unscrupulous / amoral?

Answer 13

corrupt

Question 14

Aristocratic?

Answer 14

born into nobility

Question 15

Mercenary?

Answer 15

willing to perform any act for money / gain

Question 16

Paradoxical?

Answer 16

self contradictory

Question 17

Callous?

Answer 17

coldly calculating

Question 18

Impetuous?

Answer 18

acting impulsively without forethought

Question 19

Sanguine?

Answer 19

lively, enthusiastic

Question 20

Lascivious

Answer 20

you disapprove of them because they show a very strong interest in sex

Question 21

Transgress

Answer 21

break a moral law or rule of behaviour

Question 22

Misogynistic

Answer 22

irrational fear and loathing of women

Question 23

Iambic pentameter

Answer 23

5 pairs of iambs

1 iamb = a pair of unstressed, stressed beats e.g. di dum

Question 24

Prose

Answer 24

the ordinary form of written or spoken language, without rhyme or meter, speech or writing

Question 25

Blank verse

Answer 25

lines of iambic pentameter that don’t rhyme

Question 26

Apoplectic

Answer 26

they are extremely angry about something

Question 27

Scenic juxtaposition

Answer 27

each scene acts as a unit in juxtaposition to another

Question 28

Binary opposition

Answer 28

key thematic issues shown through conflict

e.g. private v public; matriarchal v patriarchal institutions; inner v outer

Question 29

Set piece scenes

Answer 29

combine the visual and verbal to intensify audiences’ response

Question 30

Pusillanimity

Answer 30

characterised by a lack of courage and determination

Question 31

Errant

Answer 31

straying away from societal norms

Question 32

Arboreal images

Answer 32

tree imagery

Question 33

Turpitude

Answer 33

depraved or wicked behaviour or character