Stats: Taming of the Shrew A-Level Vocab

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Key Word	Definition	% Correct
Machiavellian	A character that personal traits are focused on manipulation and a cynical disregard for morality	0%
Farce	A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterisation and ludicrously improbable situations.	0%
Patriarchal Bargain	A deal made between men (like Baptista, Petruchio, and the suitors) to trade a woman’s autonomy for financial or social stability.	0%
Hyper-masculinity	An exaggerated exhibition of masculine traits, such as physical strength, aggression, and dominance (seen in Petruchio’s treatment of his servant).	0%
Proleptic	Anticipating or projecting something into the future	0%
Docility	A passive and compliant disposition, where a character yields easily to control, often reflecting internalised oppression or social conditioning.	0%
The “Male Gaze”	A perspective where women are viewed as objects to be looked at, judged, and valued by men, even when the women are not present.	0%
Parallaxis	Apparent shift in an object’s position when viewed from a different locations, causing a change in viewpoint	0%
Inescapable Hierarchy	A social system so deeply ingrained that individuals cannot transcend their assigned rank, regardless of ambition or merit.	0%
Machismo	A strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an emphasis on bravery, strength, and sexual dominance.	0%
Induction Acts as a Frame	A structural device in which an opening section (the induction) establishes context, themes, or perspective, shaping how the main narrative is interpreted.	0%
Peripeteia	A sudden reversal of fortune or a change in circumstance	0%
Systemic Misogyny	A system which favors men.	0%
Mercenary Masculinity	A version of manhood defined by financial acquisition; the man’s success is measured by his ability to secure wealth through marriage.	0%
Parallels	Be similar or corresponding to.	0%
Lazzo	Comic routine	0%
Disenfranchised	Deprive someone of the right to vote.	0%
Polemical	Describes a strongly critical, aggressive, or controversial style of speech or writing that attacks or defends a specific opinion.	0%
Malleable	Easily shaped or influenced, describing a character whose identity, beliefs, or actions are readily altered by external forces.	0%
New order	Emerging, individualistic, chaotic, or reformed	0%
Coercive Control	Forced control, forcing someone to be under your control through coercion.	0%
Idiosyncratic	Habits, behaviors, or features that are unique, peculiar, or specific to a particular individual or thing	0%
Recalcitrant	Having an uncooperative attitude, especially towards authority or discipline.	0%
Didactic	Intended to teach something (instructive)	0%
Virility	Manliness, characteristically associated with strength, energy, and a strong drive to “conquer” (which Petruchio claims to possess).	0%
Institutionalised patriarchy	Patriarchy where men have the power that is institutionalised into a system.	0%
Chattel	Personal Possession	0%
Mercenary	Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.	0%
Patrimony	Property inherited from one’s father or male ancestor	0%
Stichomythia	Quick fire exchange of dialogue between characters.	0%
Subjugated	Reduced to a state of submission, where a character is dominated or oppressed by another’s authority, often losing autonomy or voice.	0%
Autocratic	Relating to a ruler who has absolute power.	0%
Ethical	Relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.	0%
Paternalistic	Relating to or characterised by the restriction of the freedom and responsibilities of subordinates or dependants in their supposed interest.	0%
Transactional	Relating to the conducting of business, especially buying or selling.	0%
Satirical	Sarcastic, critical, and mocking another’s weaknesses.	0%
Homosocial Bonding	Social interaction between members of the same sex (men) that reinforces their shared power and excludes the opposite sex.	0%
Hegemonic masculinity	Societal normalisation of contempt/ hatred towards women, structured to maintain male dominance.	0%
Transactional Language	Speech that uses business terms (like “bargain,” “venture,” and “cargo”) to describe human relationships.	0%
Subversive	Subtly challenging or undermining established norms, authority, or expectations, often through indirect or covert means.	0%
Fluidity of social roles	The ability of individuals to shift between, adapt, or change their social positions, identities, and expected behaviors based on context, audience, or life circumstances	0%
Transmutation	The action of changing or the state of being changed into another form	0%
Commodification	The action or process of treating something as a mere commodity.	0%
Subjugation	The act of bringing someone under total control or or making them subordinate; the primary goal of the men regarding Katherine.	0%
Consummation	The act that completes or fulfils a union, typically romantic or marital, often symbolising legitimacy, possession, or the transition from desire to reality.	0%
Linguistic cage	The concept that human consciousness and thought are constrained by the limitations of the language we use to describe, perceive, and interpret reality.	0%
Phallocentric	The focus on the penis as a form of male dominance	0%
Decay of Aristocracy	The gradual erosion of noble power and prestige, often depicted through moral decline, financial ruin, or the rise of new social forces that undermine inherited status	0%
Identity Fragile	The idea that a character’s sense of self is unstable and easily disrupted by external pressures such as society, relationships, or internal conflict.	0%
Performative Masculinity	The idea that “manhood” is an act or a role that characters like Lucentio and Hortensio “put on” through disguises to achieve their goals.	0%
Coverture	The legal status of a married woman, considered to be under her husband’s protection and authority	0%
Malapropisms	The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an amusing effect.	0%
Socially Constructed	The notion that identity, roles, or values are not innate but shaped by cultural norms, expectations, and collective belief systems.	0%
Objectification	The process of treating a person (specifically women in this scene) as a thing or a tool for a man’s use.	0%
Social Stratification	The ranking of people in a hierarchy; in this scene, the men use their status to rank women as “treasures” or “shrews.”	0%
Primogeniture	The right of succession belonging to the first born child	0%
Domestic Isolation	The separation of the home from the community - turning the household into a private, unsafe space. It often signifies a wife’s confinement, or a husband’s paranoid, self-imposed isolation from social bonds.	0%
Enforces Rigid Hierarchy	The strict maintenance of social order, where class boundaries are upheld and characters are confined to predetermined roles within an inflexible structure.	0%
Ontological erasure	The systemic exclusion or invalidation of a certain group, identity, and culture	0%
Weaponisation	The transformation of something abstract (language, love, status, or identity) into a tool of power, used to manipulate, control, or harm others.	0%
Infantilisation	The treatment of an individual as childlike or dependent, stripping them of agency and reinforcing power imbalances.	0%
Ekphrasis	The use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device.	0%
Old order	Traditional hierarchical, patriarchal, and sometimes stagnant	0%
Immutable	Unchangeable	0%
Meta Reference	When a fictional character or creator directly acknowledges the artificiality of their narrative, addressing the audience to highlight they are in a story.	0%
Social Inversion	When a person changes their ordinary social role and behaviour to fit into a group	0%
Dramatic Irony	When the audience knows something that the characters don’t	0%
Narrative Intrusion (Authorial intrusion)	Where the author intentionally steps into the narrative to address the reader directly, offer commentary, provide opinions, or break the story's immersion	0%
Complaisant	Willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest.	0%

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