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Cathedral is divided into two parts,with an interlude separating them.The play begins with the thoughts of the Chorus,a group of common women ofCanterbury.They say that Archbishop Thomas Becket has been away from hisCanterbury congregation(of which they're members)for seven years.Becket has beenaway because of religious and political conflicts he came to have with King Henry I.While they miss his presence,the Chorus does not wish for Becket to come back,asthey fear his return would stir up old conflicts which might get him killed.Threepriests who served the Archbishop in the past then enter the scene,as well asa herald who informs them and the Chorus that Becket is in England,back from France.The Chorus is dismayed,worried that Becket's return will lead to his death,andtherefore their own religious turmoil (they'll lose their spiritual leader).The priests,onthe other hand,readily welcome Becket back to Canterbury.  \nBecket enters the scene,and is shortly accosted by four “tempters”—four people who,one-by-one,try to persuade or tempt Becket into adopting certain views on how heshould balance his religious power as Archbishop with its associated political power—political power which could either supplement his religious authority or replace italtogether.Becket discounts all the tempters'proposals,thinking that none of theirvisions for his future are sourced in the higher,spiritual dimension of fate or God's plan.He decides that martyrdom—sacrificing his life in devotion to God—is his fate,andrefuses to be tempted by other,more earthly pursuits of political power or worldly,secular desires.  \nIn the interlude,Becket gives a sermon to the congregation of Canterbury Cathedral.He asks his audience to think about sainthood from a divine perspective and reconsiderthe conventional,human understanding of saintliness as pure,peaceful and gainedwithout torturous hardship,adding that Jesus's disciples became saints only afterexperiencing great suffering.He ends the sermon by saying that it may be the last timehe stands before the congregation,foreshadowing his martyrdom.  \nIn the second part of the play,four knights serving Henry II arrive at CanterburyCathedral and accost Becket,calling him a traitor to the crown.Before Becket left,theking appointed him to be the Chancellor of England as well as Archbishop.Afterinitially accepting both positions,however,Becket immediately dropped thechancellorship.Further,the knights say Becket then began to abandon all the king'spolicies which he had formerly supported.Claiming they've been sent by the king,theknights ask Becket if he'll agree to appear before Henry II and speak for his actions.Becket responds by saying that,if the king has ordered such an appearance,then thepublic ought to be allowed to knov Henry II's charges against him and personallywitness his defense against them.The knights disrcgard this response and move toattack Becket,but the priests and some attendants enter the scene before they get achancc to.The knights leave,promising to return for Becket.  \nKnowing that the knights will be returning to murder the Archbishop,the priests try topersuade him to go into hiding,but Becket refuses,fully committed to his martyrdom.When the knights come back to the cathedral,the priests bar its front doors,preventingthem from entering.Becket,however,demands that the priests open the doors,therebyoffering his life up to the swords of the knights and to his own martyrdom,saying it'sagainst the Church's policy to exclude anyone from entering one of its cathedrals.Thepriests unbar the doors,and the knights enter and killBecket.  \nDevastated by Becket's death,the Chorus cries out in painful desperation that the skyand air be cleansed of the death newly sprung upon Canterbury.The priests,however,conclude that Becket's death was a manifestation of fate,and that the Church is strongerfor it.The four knights then turn towards the audience and offer 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