Key Words Deffinitions

Question 1

What does hamartia mean?

Answer 1

A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero

Question 2

What does aside mean?

Answer 2

A remark made by the character that only the audience can hear, not the other characters

Question 3

What is a soliloquy?

Answer 3

An act if speaking ones thoughts aloud, heard by everyone

Question 4

What is motif?

Answer 4

A recurring element that has symbol significance in a story, that produces a theme or mood

Question 5

What does foreshadow mean?

Answer 5

A warning or indication of a future event

Question 6

What does resolution mean?

Answer 6

A firm decision to do or not to do something

Question 7

What does climax mean?

Answer 7

The peak, most intense point of something

Question 8

What does catharsis mean?

Answer 8

The process of releasing repressed or strong emotions

Question 9

What does peripeteia mean?

Answer 9

A sudden reversal in fortune or change in circumstance

Question 10

What is a pentameter?

Answer 10

A line of verse consisting of 5 feet, a foot being a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables

Question 11

What is pathetic fallacy?

Answer 11

The use of weather to set a mood or atmosphere in a story/play

Question 12

What is the protagonist?

Answer 12

The leading role in a novel/play

Question 13

What is dramatic irony?

Answer 13

A form of irony expressed through structure/ expression of what one said and using language to signify the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Question 14

What is regicide?

Answer 14

The killing of a king

Question 15

What does autocratic mean?

Answer 15

In relation to an absolute ruler

Question 16

What does hubris mean?

Answer 16

Excessive pride or self confidence, like arrogance, vanity, pride

Question 17

What does infanticide mean?

Answer 17

The crime of a person who kills an infant, possibly their own child

Question 18

What is a massacre?

Answer 18

An indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people

Question 19

What is another word for a flashback?

Answer 19

Analepsis

Question 20

What is another word for a flash-forward?

Answer 20

Prolepsis

Question 21

What does maternal mean?

Answer 21

Of or relating to the feelings of a caring mother

Question 22

What does paternal mean?

Answer 22

Of or related to a caring father, opposite to maternal

Question 23

What does morality mean?

Answer 23

Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong, system of ones values and ethics

Question 24

What does purgatory mean?

Answer 24

In catholic theology it is the state between physical death and going to heaven where sinners suffer as you are being ‘purified’

Question 25

What is regicide?

Answer 25

The action of killing a king

Question 26

What is tragedy?

Answer 26

An event that causes a immense destruction, suffering and distress, it is a type of play that often doesn’t have a happy ending

Question 27

What does treason mean?

Answer 27

The act of betraying someone or something, often ones country when changing allegiance

Question 28

What is a tyrant?

Answer 28

A cruel and oppressive ruler who people want to , and do, remove

Question 29

What is an uprising?

Answer 29

The act of resistance or rebellion, a revolt against something a group of people are against

Question 30

What does usurp mean?

Answer 30

To take something (usually a position of power) illegally or by force

Question 31

What is symbolism?

Answer 31

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

Question 32

What is a semantic field?

Answer 32

A set of semantically related ideas

Question 33

What does euphemism mean?

Answer 33

When a harsh or blunt word is replaced by an indirect one referring to something unpleasant

Question 34

What does Bildungsroman mean

Answer 34

A novel dealing with ones younger years and becoming an adult

Question 35

What does aberration mean?

Answer 35

Typically an unwelcome departure from what is normal, usual or expected. An unwelcome change

Question 36

What does abhorrent mean?

Answer 36

Inspiring disgust or loathing

Question 37

What is an allegory?

Answer 37

A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

Question 38

What is an allusion?

Answer 38

An expression that calls something to the audiences mind without mentioning it explicitly (often about society)

Question 39

What does anxiety mean?

Answer 39

A feeling of worry or unease about something with an uncertain outcome

Question 40

What does atavism mean?

Answer 40

The reappearance of a characteristic from an old ancestor, reversion to a primitive type

Question 41

What does consciousness mean?

Answer 41

The state of being aware and responsible of one surroundings

Question 42

What does debased mean?

Answer 42

Reduced in quality or value

Question 43

What does degenerate mean?

Answer 43

Having lost the physical, mental or moral qualities considered normal

Question 44

What does depraved mean?

Answer 44

Morally corrupt or wicked

Question 45

What does duality mean?

Answer 45

The quality or condition of being dual

Question 46

What does duplicity mean?

Answer 46

Deceitfulness, deceptive and dishonest

Question 47

What does epistolary mean?

Answer 47

A literary work in the form of letters

Question 48

What is ethics?

Answer 48

Moral principles that govern a persons behaviour, their sense of right and wrong

Question 49

What are eugenics?

Answer 49

The science of improving a population via genes

Question 50

What does feral mean?

Answer 50

In a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication

Question 51

What is a genre?

Answer 51

A style or category of art, music or literature

Question 52

What does metamorphosis mean?

Answer 52

The process/ change of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in 2 or more distinct stages

Question 53

What does perversion mean?

Answer 53

Distortion or corruption of the original cause, meaning or state of something

Question 54

What does respectability mean?

Answer 54

The quality of being socially acceptable, valued

Question 55

What does professional mean?

Answer 55

Relating or belonging to a profession, a paid occupation

Question 56

What does colloquialism mean?

Answer 56

Phrases that are not formal, used in ordinary conversation

Question 57

What is an antagonist? Who is the main antagonistic character in NLMG?

Answer 57

A person who actively opposes someone or is hostile, such as Ruth in NLMG

Question 58

What is personification?

Answer 58

The attribution of human characteristics to something non human