grade 9 english phrases

the steryotypical image / characterisation of a certain group of people

e.g scrooge is the archetype of a miserly mithanthrope

cause to become..

eg lady macbeths guilt rendered her to descend into insanity

showing both male and female characteristics

imitates, mirrors

referes to

a division between two groups

eg love and hate

example :

poor and upper class

'dickens presents the dichotomy of the lower and upper class through scrooges ignorant and miserly attitudes’

a deceptive outward appearance

LM encourages a facade when the tells Macbeth to ‘look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t’

a woman who achieves her aims through her femininity

LM also aids this through emasculating M to emphasise feminine traits

a person/ object that is the perfect example of another thing

eg macbeth is the epitome of a tyrannical ruler

eg Napoleon is the epitome of a harsh dictator as he exploits and mistreats the other animals on the farm for his own personal gain

exaggerated pride / self confidence

eg macbeths hubris during the fight with macduff

spiteful, wishes to harm others

eg the malevolent supernatural in macbeth

using understatements to convey the meaning of something

eg ‘a little water clears us of this deed’

‘deed’ rather than murder

sudden reversal of fortune / circumstance

eg when macbeth finds out macduff isnt born of woman

feeling or showing no sympathy for others

eg ‘are there no prisons, […] are there no workhouses’

eg macbeths reaction to LMs death shows how he has adopted a callous nature since becoming a tryannical ruler

having an aggressive or fighting attitude

eg napoleon / macbeth

in a way that cannot be removed

lady macbeths insanity is inextricably linked to her guilt

a characters ‘fatal flaw’

macbeths harmatia is his vaulting ambition

where one object / character is used to embody a larger group in society

a character who shows virtuous traits but eventually descends into defeat of death as a result of their fatal flaw

eg macbeth is presented as a ‘valiant hero’ and ‘valour’s minion’ at the start of the play but then descends into madness and tyranny as a result of his omnipotent ambition.