Murder in the Cathedral Questions and Answers
What do the four tempters represent in Murder in the Cathedral?
What is the role of chorus in Murder in the Cathedral?
Discuss 'Martyrdom' as the central theme of the play Murder in the Cathedral.
What does the title, "Murder in the Cathedral" mean? Is it an indication of the power of martyrdom, an eye-catcher, a joke at the expense of thriller-buffs?
How is Thomas Becket the tragic hero in Murder in the Cathedral?
What was the role of the knights in Murder in the Cathedral?
What are some aspects of modern drama portrayed in Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot?
Discuss the dramatic significance of the Chorus in Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot.
In Murder in the Cathedral, what was the conflict?
Why is T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral called a poetic play?
What is role of the priests in this drama?
Why did T. S. Eliot write Murder in the Cathedral?
What is the chorus and the choric function in Murder in the Cathedral?
Discuss the salient features of poetic drama in T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral.
What is the significance of Becket's silence after the fourth temptation?
How do the knights try to justify their actions? See pages 78-84.
What is the role of the chorus in Murder in the Cathedral?
What is the significance of Murder in the Cathedral as a play?
Is Murder in the Cathedral more about politics or religion?
What was the role of the four tempters in the play Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot? How did they tempt the archbishop of Canterbury?
Why is "Murder in the Cathedral" called a poetic play?
Discuss T S Eliot's Murder In The Cathedral as a conflict between the individual and the state.
Is Murder in the Cathedral a "modern" drama?
How is Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral a moral play?
Are the Tempters and the Knights in "Murder in the Cathedral" the same men?
What is the universal message of Murder in the Cathedral?
In Murder of the Cathedral are there any political comparisons?
What tragic flaw does the character Thomas exemplify in "The Murder in the Cathedral"?
Discuss T. S. Eliot's fusion of Medieval and and Modern elements in Murder in The Cathedral.
How does Eliot employ the elements from poetry in Murder in the Cathedral?
Write a critical note on Murder in The Cathedral as a Christian play.
What role did the Catholic churches play in the lives of ordinary people in these times?
It Is Not In Time That My Death Shall Be Known
Bring out the significance of the Chorus in T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral.
In what way is Murder in the Cathedral a tragedy of ambition?
Discuss the use of history by Eliot in Murder in the Cathedral.
In Murder in the Cathedral, Eliot presents a conflicting emotional duality which Becket faces concerning whether he will become a historical celebrity or not. How far does this struggle convey the meaning of the work as a whole?
Critically examine the central theme of Murder in the Cathedral.
What are the differences and the similarities between the play Murder in the Cathedral and the poem "The Waste Land"?
Based on T. S. Eliot's play Murder in the Cathedral, what was Thomas Becket’s life and character like? Why was he isolated? What was his internal spiritual struggle about? What temptations had he to resist? Why was he killed? What was the place for his spiritual values in the totalitarian state he lived in?
What are the qualities that set Murder in the Cathedral apart from other plays?
The chorus is a key part of Murder in the Cathedral, with its voice changing and developing during the play, mediating the action to the audience. Discuss.
Murder in The Cathedral is said to be a poetic-drama. How does Eliot's play bring out the artistic features of a poem?
What is the theme of martyrdom in Bernard Shaw's Murder in the Cathedral?
What is the historical plot of Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot?
Could you help me understand the play Murder in the Cathedral? What is it about (themes), what message it conveys?
What similiarities do the characters Thomas Beckett from Murder in the Cathedral and Michael Berg from The Reader share?
What are the differences and similarities between Murder in the Cathedral and Burial of the Dead by T.S. Eliot?
In T. S. Eliot's play Murder in the Cathedral, what are the meanings of speeches addressed to the audience?
What is the church and religious context of T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral?
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