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
             almost accepted by the Chorus and the priests. What is left is only
             the ritual of killing and the prayer thereafter.
             The play ends in tragedy with the murder of Thomas Becket; thus,
             the protagonist (Becket) is overcome by the antagonist (the state).
             Henry makes Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury.
             controlling the ecclesiastical patronage of the King.
             Archbishop is the highest religious head
             After becoming the Archbishop, Becket stops supporting
             the radical changes the King wants to introduce in England.
             Becket opposes the King's thirst for power
             Becket's return to England after seven long years in France. The people of
             waiting for their beloved religious head that has always strongly
             supported and guided the poor peasants and countrymen.
             The women of Canterbury have lived a hard life, and they know that it is their fate to
             suffer and struggle whether the King rules...