Vocabulary

Question 1

Equivocate

Answer 1

using ambiguous language to conceal the truth

Not lying but not telling the full truth

Question 2

Iambic pentameter

Answer 2

• 10 syllables per line

* 5 iambs (beats) per line (da-DUM)

Question 3

Prose

Answer 3

• not verse (not poetical)

* spoken by lower class characters

Question 4

Trochaic tetrameter

Answer 4

• opposite of iambic pentameter (DUM-da)
• stressed syllable first then un-stressed syllable
• 8 syllables per line

Eg. When shall we three meet again

Question 5

Paradoxical

Answer 5

contradictory

Question 6

Eponymous

Answer 6

When the name of the hero is in the title

Eg. Macbeth

Question 7

Usurp

Answer 7

To steal someone’s position or siege power without authority

Question 8

Duplicitous

Answer 8

deceitful

Duplicitous is used to describe someone who intentionally misleads people

Question 9

hamartia

Answer 9

A fatal flaw leading to to the downfall of a tragic hero

Question 10

Compunctions

Answer 10

A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

Question 11

Gall

Answer 11

Bitterness/bile

Question 12

Dunnest

Answer 12

A dark and gloomy colour

Question 13

Imperative

Answer 13

A command

Question 14

Agency

Answer 14

• When someone is in control of their actions

* opposite of fate

Question 15

Treachery

Answer 15

Betrayal of trust

In a sentence: “many died because of his treachery”

Question 16

Irresolute

Answer 16

showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain.

“she stood irresolute outside his door”

Question 17

Heinous

Answer 17

utterly odious or wicked.

Question 18

Hubris

Answer 18

excessive pride or self-confidence.