How significant is the Knights’ Apology in Murder in the Cathedral? How do the knights try to justify their actions? Dramatic function of the knights in the Murder in the Cathedral

How significant is the Knights’ Apology in Murder in the Cathedral?

How do the knights try to justify their actions?

Dramatic function of the knights in the Murder in the Cathedral

The dramatic function of something is how it helps the story to move on, how it helps the drama to progress, what it does for the story structurally. I.e., a character’s dramatic function describes the structural reason of the character which is in a story. The dramatic function of a character describes the purpose of its being. So, the dramatic function of a character is different from the characters dramatic functions. A character’s dramatic role would be a descriptive label identifying who they are or what they do in the story. For example, The Policeman, The Wife, The Estranged Father-in-Law, the Bully, the Youngest Daughter, etc. On the contrary, a character’s dramatic function is defined by the character elements assigned to that character, such as Chaos, Trust, Desire, etc. The dramatic functions indicate the motivations, methodologies, standards of evaluation, and purposes the characters employ in an effort to resolve the story’s problem.

T. S. Eliot’s short play, Murder in the Cathedral, was originally written for the Canterbury festival and tells the story of the murder of Archbishop Thomas Beckett (1118-70) by Henry II’s henchmen. It is essentially an extended lyrical consideration of the proper residence of temporal and spiritual power, of the obligations of religious believers to the commands of the State, and of the possibility that piety can be selfish unto sin.

The play opens as Beckett returns to Canterbury in December of 1170, after seven years in exile. Four Tempters approach him, separately, and offer him reasons why he should cease to resist Henry. But Beckett resists this blandishment..............................................................................................................

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