Murder in the Cathedral (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: T. S. Eliot
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1170
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, History play, Morality play
- Subjects: Suffering, Politics, England or English people, Assassination, Sermons, Clergy, Middle Ages, Knights or knighthood, Cathedrals, Twelfth century, Poetics
- Locales: Canterbury, England
Places Discussed
*Canterbury Cathedral. Church in southeast England that was the seat of the archbishop of Canterbury and the center of Roman Catholic power in England during the period in which T. S. Eliot’s play is set. In the play, the cathedral quickly becomes a place of temptation. Each of four tempters offers Becket a course of action supposedly intended to save his life. In his resistance the cathedral is shown to be a place of anxiety and confrontation. However, in the process it also becomes a place of strength. Becket’s rejection of the tempters’ invitations...
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