Cymbeline: Religion Secondary Criticism Flashcards

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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?

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Holinshed’s Chronicles: “of Kymbeline, within the time of whose gouernment Christ Iesus our sauiour was borne”

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What suggests that beliefs could be fused across religions?

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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

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Who was Clement of Alexandria?

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  • a Christian theologian of the 2nd century
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When was the Act to Restrain the Abuses of the Players?

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1606

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What did Derek Jones suggest about censorship?

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“also probably explains Shakespeare’s avoidance of explicitly Christian frameworks in most of his late plays”

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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?

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  • lived under the shadow of both faiths

ie. mother w Catholic heritage and father conforming to Protestantism

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How is Christian prayer phrased in the Book of Common Prayer?

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“defend us from all perils and dangers of this night”

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What does Valerie Wayne note about fairies?

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“fairies” were “employed by the Devil”

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What two myths regarding the Roman Gods would suggest they would be fiendish?

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  • story of King Midas from Greek mythology

- in the domain of possibility for the Roman god of trickery, Dolos

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What does Wayne note about Janus?

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he is the pagan god of “the deity of gates and doorways”

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As opposed to the religious supremacy adopted by Henry VIII, what did Elizabeth title herself and why?

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  • Elizabeth I’s via media as Supreme Governor, both a stance of religious compromise, as well as an evasive non-stance
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