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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Eliot, T. S.

Eliot, T. S.
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Murder In The Cathedral: Part II

Part II

The Women of Canterbury speak of the deadness of winter and their desire
for spring to come bringing the promise of new life. The Three Priests enter
bearing banners: the first, of St. Stephen; the second, of St. John the
Apostle; and the third, of the Holy Innocents.

Comment:

The first speech of the Chorus refers to the year which is coming to an
end and the winter which symbolically and actually concludes the old and
brings promise of the new. The Three Priests enter bearing banners
commemorating the three feast ...

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