Barry Unsworth Writing Styles in Morality Play

This Study Guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Morality Play.

Barry Unsworth Writing Styles in Morality Play

This Study Guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Morality Play.
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Points of View

The story is told from the point of view of Nicolas Barber, a fugitive priest who has abandoned Holy Order to perform with a company of travelling players. He tells the story in hindsight, shifting constantly between present happenings and clues regarding the future. However, Nicolas does more than tell a story. Along the way, he tries to distinguish between good and evil even as he moves the reader through the narrative. This is a unique narrative technique that would have been impossible through the narration of another character. A different narrator would have provided the same central story with a vastly distinct slant.

Setting

The novel takes place in an unnamed town in fourteenth-century England. The town struggles under the oppression of feudal ruler who carries out his own brand of justice. The novel takes place during a time when travelling players starved as they...

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