In the play The tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary we see how society is under Herod’s tyrant rule. The absence of a tyranny rule causes other characters to feel like they finally have a sense of freedom. Although, when the ruler comes back, everyone is in terror and fright. The character of Herod displays tyrannical traits, by being controlling and hubris towards his society. His absence throughout the play still has a confounding impact on the play and other characters. Herod’s nonappearance gives Pheroras a token to marry his lover Graphina, Constabarus the possibility to set Baba’s son free and Mariam the opportunity to live life since no one is there to kill her. However, when he appears in the play, everything is set to a halt.
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Herod holds possession of Mariam and tries to control her entirely without allowing anyone or herself have authority over her choices. Mariam starts the play with a speech which explains how Herod demands that Mariam be dead if he ever dies, “My death to his had been unseparate”(1,1,50). Although, Josephus, who was sent to kill Mariam, is now dead. This means that she can not die any more since no one is present to achieve the deed. Mariam is now free from her sentence to death since Herod is gone but she is angered at the fact that he wanted this to occur. Despite the idea that the king is nonapparent Mariam still hates him and fears that if he were to come back she die. Eventually, we discover this tyrant king is alive, and this angers Mariam she can not do anything for her life, and she is under his control again. She even assures Herod that she is displeased to see him, “My lord, I suit my garment to my mind, And there no cheerful colors …show more content…
Since Herod is gone, according to the first acts, Constabarus is free from death, but Salome threatens this, “If Herod had lived, I might to him accuse / My present lord. But for the future’s sake / Then would I tell the king he did refuse / The sons of Babas in his power to take. / But now I must divorce him from my bed, / That my Silleus may possess his room” (1, 4, 313-18). Salome uses personification when she talks about Constabarus being divorce from her bed since the bed is being portrayed as a spouse who needs to be divorced. A bed is something you go to at the end of the day when you’re tired, which shows importance and value. This displays how marriage is important to her, whereas not mentioning “from my bed” wouldn’t have shown how meaningful a marriage is to Salome. These lines show how Salome is only victorious when Herod is around, and she hopes to eventually confess Constabarus secrets, putting him in danger, in exchange for her happiness with Silleus. Salome has consequently been equal to Herod’s oppressive ways of ruling and being selfish. Baba’s son has also seen Herod as a tyrant ruler, and finally feel free while disliking her sister, Salome, for being cruel as Herod as seen in the following lines, “You have concealed us from the tyrant’s sword: Though cruel Herod’s sister were
Herod …show more content…
Herod holds possession of Mariam and tries to control her entirely without allowing anyone or herself have authority over her choices. Mariam starts the play with a speech which explains how Herod demands that Mariam be dead if he ever dies, “My death to his had been unseparate”(1,1,50). Although, Josephus, who was sent to kill Mariam, is now dead. This means that she can not die any more since no one is present to achieve the deed. Mariam is now free from her sentence to death since Herod is gone but she is angered at the fact that he wanted this to occur. Despite the idea that the king is nonapparent Mariam still hates him and fears that if he were to come back she die. Eventually, we discover this tyrant king is alive, and this angers Mariam she can not do anything for her life, and she is under his control again. She even assures Herod that she is displeased to see him, “My lord, I suit my garment to my mind, And there no cheerful colors …show more content…
Since Herod is gone, according to the first acts, Constabarus is free from death, but Salome threatens this, “If Herod had lived, I might to him accuse / My present lord. But for the future’s sake / Then would I tell the king he did refuse / The sons of Babas in his power to take. / But now I must divorce him from my bed, / That my Silleus may possess his room” (1, 4, 313-18). Salome uses personification when she talks about Constabarus being divorce from her bed since the bed is being portrayed as a spouse who needs to be divorced. A bed is something you go to at the end of the day when you’re tired, which shows importance and value. This displays how marriage is important to her, whereas not mentioning “from my bed” wouldn’t have shown how meaningful a marriage is to Salome. These lines show how Salome is only victorious when Herod is around, and she hopes to eventually confess Constabarus secrets, putting him in danger, in exchange for her happiness with Silleus. Salome has consequently been equal to Herod’s oppressive ways of ruling and being selfish. Baba’s son has also seen Herod as a tyrant ruler, and finally feel free while disliking her sister, Salome, for being cruel as Herod as seen in the following lines, “You have concealed us from the tyrant’s sword: Though cruel Herod’s sister were