What did T. S. Eliot attempt to combine, though not very successfully, in his plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party ?
Correct answer: B. religious symbolism and society comedy
- A. regional dialect and political critique
- B. religious symbolism and society comedy
- C. iambic pentameter and sexual innuendo
- D. witty paradoxes and feminist diatribe
Explanation
In plays such as Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party, T. S. Eliot tried to join Christian or religious symbolism with the conventions of social comedy. This mixture sometimes seemed strained, which explains the qualification in the question.
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