| 单词 | morality play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmorality play morality play n. now chiefly historical a kind of drama popular in the 15th and early 16th centuries, intended to inculcate a moral or spiritual lesson, in which the chief characters are personifications of abstract qualities; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > morality play moral playc1528 moral1578 morality1765 morality play1866 1866 Harper's Mag. Oct. 627/1 In these many of the personages of the ‘miracle’ and ‘morality’ plays—as King David, Moses, Justice, Truth, etc.—appeared in a kind of carnival. 1885 W. Blades Acct. German Morality-play p. x This morality-play..strongly attracted my attention..especially as the subject, I believe, is new to English literature. 1912 W. Browne Everywoman p. v ‘Everywoman’..is fashioned after the model of the ancient morality plays. 1975 Times 18 Aug. 6/4 Mr Amis purported to give us a morality play... He was concerned with our blurring of right and wrong. < as lemmas |
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