Cymbeline: Religion Secondary Criticism Flashcards
Robin Moffet suggests the dramatic attractiveness of Kymebeline’s reign lies in the initiated shift from paganism to Christianity in the first century - this is described in Holinshed’s Chronicles, what does this say?
Holinshed’s Chronicles: “of Kymbeline, within the time of whose gouernment Christ Iesus our sauiour was borne”
What suggests that beliefs could be fused across religions?
Margaret Alexiou identifies that especially “among the intellectuals there was a more conscious fusion of pagan and Christian beliefs”, with Clement of Alexandria initiating a period of religious tolerance and compromise
Who was Clement of Alexandria?
- a Christian theologian of the 2nd century
When was the Act to Restrain the Abuses of the Players?
1606
What did Derek Jones suggest about censorship?
“also probably explains Shakespeare’s avoidance of explicitly Christian frameworks in most of his late plays”
Which critics have attempted to create a taxonomy of Shakespeare’s beliefs?
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Why is the creation of a taxonomy of Shake’s beliefs too misguidedly dichotomous?
- lived under the shadow of both faiths
ie. mother w Catholic heritage and father conforming to Protestantism
How is Christian prayer phrased in the Book of Common Prayer?
“defend us from all perils and dangers of this night”
What does Valerie Wayne note about fairies?
“fairies” were “employed by the Devil”
What two myths regarding the Roman Gods would suggest they would be fiendish?
- story of King Midas from Greek mythology
- in the domain of possibility for the Roman god of trickery, Dolos
What does Wayne note about Janus?
he is the pagan god of “the deity of gates and doorways”
As opposed to the religious supremacy adopted by Henry VIII, what did Elizabeth title herself and why?
- Elizabeth I’s via media as Supreme Governor, both a stance of religious compromise, as well as an evasive non-stance