Murder in the Cathedral
A dramatization in free verse and with features derived from ancient and medieval theatre of the killing of Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry II. Eliot used the device of a chorus, an ancient Greek invention, to express certain concerns and observations, and the killers take their turn to justify their action. When I read this play as a grammar school student in England, I was struck by the way the violence echoed the rise of fascism in Europe when the play was being written. My English master was somewhat mocking in class regarding my views, but later as a college student I read Eliot's own words confirming my experience.
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- Anyone who likes The Waste Land should try and read Four Quartets, and his plays, especially Murder in the Cathedral, The Cocktail Party, The Family Reunion and The Elder Statetsman. They are all unique in their own way and reflect Eliot’s mind and ideas at least as well as WL.
- Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury
Murder in the Cathedral - T. S. Eliot
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- T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral.
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“The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason.”
- T.S Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral
- It's not some obscure story. T.S. Eliot wrote an entire play about the martyrdom of Thomas Becket.
- “The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.”
- T. S. Eliot, “Murder in the Cathedral”
