Thomas becket

A detailed Summary of Thomas becket

Becket was close to King Henry II,

but differences in their attitudes toward power drew them apart.

he king who is never presented on stage

The Women of Canterbury in the Chorus

of Becket's doom, which the audience shares.

They are genuinely worried about Becket's well being. They hold

Becket in great respect and fear for his life.

Becket's character. They fail to tempt him with any of their

Reginald Fitz Urse, Sir High de Morville, William de Traci and

Richard Brito: they play the role of assassins of Becket, and

Reginald Fitz Urse assumes the leader's role among them.

between the King and the Pope; that is between

temporal power and spiritual power., their forces clash

temptation by the four tempters who offer Becket various items

ranging from money to unlimited power. Becket resists them all.

whole city of Canterbury is rejoicing, but the peasant women of the

Chorus have a strange intuition of death. The tension is

accompanied by a feeling that death is unavoidable, and it is

saying that this is his last sermon and appeals to the people to

waiting for their beloved religious head that has always strongly

blood to absolve humankind from sin. to

the ritual of killing and the prayer thereafter.

lament the death of Becket. They feel that they are all sinners and

never forsake them again. He emphasizes that he will bow down

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