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1. FOUR TEMPTERS &
THE IMAGE OF WHEEL
THE MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
Dr. Vipul V. Kapoor
(YouTube Channel: Study Lovers by
Dr. Vipul V. Kapoor)

2. T. S. Eliot
A Nobel Prize winner poet, dramatist and critic.
The Murder in the Cathedral – A Christian
Morality Play
Indian and Western philosophy of life is
presented with the help of Four
Tempters.

3. Thomas Becket
A Symbol of Stillness, Patience
•

4. Becket at the Center
Four Tempters on the Surface

5. Murder in the Cathedral
“They know and do not know, that acting is
suffering. And suffering is action.
Neither does the agent suffer
Nor the patient act.
But both are fixed
In an eternal action, an eternal patience
To which all must consent
the wheel may turn and still
Be forever still.”

6. Wheel of Time

7. FIRST TEMPTER - PAST
The first tempter is a voice from Becket's past.
He tempts Becket to accept all sensuous
pleasures of the material world. But he
renounces this temptation.

8. SECOND TEMPTER - PRESENT
• The first tempter offers him Chancellorship
and alliance with the King.

9. THIRD TEMPTER - FUTURE
• The first tempter offers him a good future
with power, pleasure and position.

10. FOURTH TEMPTER - FUTURE
He offers eternal glory in the future. He
offers him the idea of self-glorification as a
saint and martyr. He could then rule from the
tomb.

11. SYMBOL OF WHEEL