Key words (ACC . IC. MACBETH)

• Morality


  Principles discerning right from wrong
• Social Darwinism


  The idea that some people in society are more powerful/innately better because they are 'survival of the fittest'
• Enlightenment

  Period of scientific advancement
• Industrial revolution 


  The development of industries, factories and manufacturing.
• Urbanisation


  The increased proportion of people moving from rural locations to towns and citys
• Determinism 


  The idea that there is no free will
• Malthusian Theory 


  The idea that human populations grow faster than food supplies until war , famine or disease reduce populations.
• Marxism


  A critique of capitalism that proposes that workers have greater ownership over the means of production.
• Capitalism 


  A system whereby a country's industries and trade are owned privately.
• Socialism 


  A system that attempts to create greater equality through shared ownership of industries and trade.
• Welfare state 


  Government run institutions that protect and support social well- being : schools , police etc...
• Microcosm 


  The world represented in miniature
• New Poor laws 


  These laws ensured that the poor were housed in workhouses, clothed and fed. Children received some schooling.
• Social responsibility 


  The idea that individuals are responsible for the well-being of the whole community and the next generation.
• Workhouse


  Government institutions that provide work to the homeless in exchange for food and shelter.
• Class system 


  A hierarchy based on income
• Stave 


  Five lines on which music is written .Used as Chapter in ACC.
• Stave 


  Five lines on which music is written .Used as Chapter in ACC.
• Didactic 


  Intended to teach
• Hierarchy 


  Ranking in terms of power or wealth.
• Misanthropy 


  To dislike humankind. Opposite of philanthropy.
• Destitute


  Lacking good, shelter and other basic necessities.
• Benevolence 


  Quality of being well meaning or kind
• Anti hero 


  A central character who lacks the conventional he characteristics : courage , bravery , strength, nobility etc....
• Foreshadowing 


  A warning or indication of human events
• Foreboding


  A feeling that something bad is about to happen.
• Juxtaposition 


  The fact that two things being seen or placed together with contrasting effect.
• Intrusive Narrator 


  A narrator who interrupts a story to provide a commentary to the reader.
• Motif 


  A recurring image or idea
• Pathetic fallacy 


  Giving human emotions to things been seen or placed together with contrasting effect.
• Supernatural 


  Something beyond what is explainable by the laws science ad nature
• Foil 


  A character who is presented as a contrast as a protagonists to show advantage or reveal lack.
• Unheimlich


  Uncanny , unease , uncomfortableness that arises from what is generally considered familiar
• Allusion 


  Reference to a Biblical or Classical
• Metaphor

  Method of Comparison
• Tenor 


  What you want to describe
• Vehicle 


  What you compare the tenor to.
• Ground


  What the tenor and vehicle have in common
• Simile 


  Method of comparison using the words ' like ' or 'as'
• Symbolism 


  When a character or thing is used as a symbol to represent a larger idea.