Terms

• thatcherism


  the political and economic policies advocated by Margaret Thatcher notably the privatisation of nationalisation industries
• vulnerable


  exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed either physically or emotionally
• archetype


  a very typical example of a certain person or thing
• privilege


  a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group
• ignorance


  lack of knowledge or information
• malcontent


  a person who is dissatisfied and rebellious
• underclass


  the lowest social stratum in a country or community, consisting of the poor or unemployed
• penurious


  extremely poor, poverty stricken
• conservatism


  the holding of political views that favour free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas
• exploitation


  the fact of making use of a situation to gain unfair advantage for oneself
• egalitarian


  believing in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and oppertunities
• diatribe


  a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something
• obstreperous


  noisy and difficult to control
• tragedy

  an event causing great suffering, destruction or distress
• delinquent


  a young person who commits crimes
• trivialise


  to make something seem less important than it is
• destiny


  the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future
• destitution


  poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself
• didactic


  intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as ulterior motive
• tenacity


  the quality or fact of being very determined
• prejudice


  a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
• catharsis


  the audiences release of emotions, pity and fear occuring at the end of the text
• ridicule


  mocking, teasing and deriding someone or something
• foreboding


  a feeling that something negative will occur