AQA A LEVEL ENGLISH LITERATURE
PRACTICE EXAM 50 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST 2024.
what does Aristotle say about hamartia? - ANSWER >>>
"misfortune... brought about not by vice or depravity, but of some
great error or frailty in a character"
What does Aristotle say about peripeteia? - ANSWER >>> "the
change of fortune should be not from bad to good, but, reversely, from
good to bad"
what does Aristotle say about status? - ANSWER >>> "he must be
one who is highly renowned and prosperous"
What does Aristotle say about Anagnorisis? - ANSWER >>>
"Recognition... Is a change from ignorance to knowledge"
What is Catharsis? - ANSWER >>> The release of pity and fear from
the audience
what is Hubris? - ANSWER >>> Excessive pride of the protagonist
what is the dictionary definition of hamertia? - ANSWER >>> "fatal
flaw"
According to Berry what is Othello's hamartia - ANSWER >>>
"passionate nature leads to murderous violence, but it also contains
deep love and tenderness"
According to Kirschbaum what is Othello's hamartia - ANSWER >>>
"The heroes flaw is his refusal to face the reality of his own nature"
, According to curse from what does Othello love when being with
Desdemona - ANSWER >>> "he loves not Desdemona but his image
in her"
what is definition 1 for tragedy? - ANSWER >>> "the attempt to make
some positive statement about human life in the face of defeat and
death"
what is definition 2 for tragedy? - ANSWER >>> "a form of drama
based on human suffering, particularly concerning the downfall of the
main character, that involves an accompanying catharsis in
audiences"
what were Aristotle's works on Tragedy called? - ANSWER >>>
Aristotle's Poetics
what was Millers essay on tragedy called? - ANSWER >>> Tragedy of
the Common Man
what is Hegel's ethical conflict? - ANSWER >>> "two ethically justified
positions" (good vs good)
what is Hegel's plastic characterisation? - ANSWER >>> when
characters embody only one ethical value
what is Bradley's internalised conflict? - ANSWER >>> the conflict
within a person's spirit, taking place between two just ethos'
what does Bradley say about luck? - ANSWER >>> luck makes
tragedies even more painful
what does Bradley say about fate? - ANSWER >>> fate cannot be
known so it causes fear. downfall is caused by fate
what is Hegel's dialectic progress? - ANSWER >>> the social
movement forwards at the end of a play, when the hero is sacrificed
because of his one-sidedness
PRACTICE EXAM 50 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST 2024.
what does Aristotle say about hamartia? - ANSWER >>>
"misfortune... brought about not by vice or depravity, but of some
great error or frailty in a character"
What does Aristotle say about peripeteia? - ANSWER >>> "the
change of fortune should be not from bad to good, but, reversely, from
good to bad"
what does Aristotle say about status? - ANSWER >>> "he must be
one who is highly renowned and prosperous"
What does Aristotle say about Anagnorisis? - ANSWER >>>
"Recognition... Is a change from ignorance to knowledge"
What is Catharsis? - ANSWER >>> The release of pity and fear from
the audience
what is Hubris? - ANSWER >>> Excessive pride of the protagonist
what is the dictionary definition of hamertia? - ANSWER >>> "fatal
flaw"
According to Berry what is Othello's hamartia - ANSWER >>>
"passionate nature leads to murderous violence, but it also contains
deep love and tenderness"
According to Kirschbaum what is Othello's hamartia - ANSWER >>>
"The heroes flaw is his refusal to face the reality of his own nature"
, According to curse from what does Othello love when being with
Desdemona - ANSWER >>> "he loves not Desdemona but his image
in her"
what is definition 1 for tragedy? - ANSWER >>> "the attempt to make
some positive statement about human life in the face of defeat and
death"
what is definition 2 for tragedy? - ANSWER >>> "a form of drama
based on human suffering, particularly concerning the downfall of the
main character, that involves an accompanying catharsis in
audiences"
what were Aristotle's works on Tragedy called? - ANSWER >>>
Aristotle's Poetics
what was Millers essay on tragedy called? - ANSWER >>> Tragedy of
the Common Man
what is Hegel's ethical conflict? - ANSWER >>> "two ethically justified
positions" (good vs good)
what is Hegel's plastic characterisation? - ANSWER >>> when
characters embody only one ethical value
what is Bradley's internalised conflict? - ANSWER >>> the conflict
within a person's spirit, taking place between two just ethos'
what does Bradley say about luck? - ANSWER >>> luck makes
tragedies even more painful
what does Bradley say about fate? - ANSWER >>> fate cannot be
known so it causes fear. downfall is caused by fate
what is Hegel's dialectic progress? - ANSWER >>> the social
movement forwards at the end of a play, when the hero is sacrificed
because of his one-sidedness
