Final Exam - English103

Sonnet

A short poem of 14 lines, with 3 quatrains and 1 couplet, written in iambic pentameter.

Gender performativity

The concept that gender is a performance of a role or identity.

One-sex model

The idea that initially everyone was female, and male genitalia was just female genitalia pushed outside.

Digression

A break in the main storyline to tell a related smaller story.

Comedy play

Begins with order, disrupted by a blocking figure, leading to confusion, and ends with resolution, often marriage.

Orientalism

The stereotyped representation of Asia, especially the Middle East, embodying a colonialist attitude.

Revenge tragedy

Sub-genre starting with a crime or injustice, where the criminal controls justice, leading to a tragic ending.

Piety

Respect for the natural order, religious patriotism, or extreme devotion to the empire, a traditional Roman value.

Goth

A Germanic tribe in Europe, distinct from Romans, perceived as primitive and barbaric.

Soliloquy

A character's long speech while alone onstage, expressing their truest inner thoughts.

Spectacle

Something seen in public, often impressive or horrifying, treated as public entertainment.

History play

Depicts English chronicles from the 100 years before the Tudor monarchy.