Judas Maccabaeus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Antiochus imposes Greek worship on the Jews, and Mahala and her seven sons die rather than abandon their law. Judas Maccabaeus rejects Nicanor's offer of peace, defeats his forces, retakes Jerusalem, expels Jason while sparing his life, and restores worship in the Temple. After his failed attack on Elymais, Antiochus learns of Judas's victories and dies in the mountains of Ecbatana, regretting his persecution of the Jews.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Drama, Dramatic Poetry, Religious Drama · 14 chapters · 10,387 words
First lines
The Citadel of Antiochus at Jerusalem.
Scene I. -- Antiochus; Jason.
Genres
- Drama — Named speakers enact persecution, resistance, and military victory through successive scenes with stage directions.
- Dramatic Poetry — Verse dialogue carries the confrontations between Antiochus and the prisoners, Judas and Nicanor, and Judas and Jason.
- Religious Drama — Refusal to violate Mosaic law, the deaths of a mother and her sons, and the cleansing of the profaned Temple drive the action.
Tags
religious persecution · Jewish resistance · martyrdom · Hellenization · Temple restoration · verse drama
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- Work type: Play
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama, Dramatic Poetry, Religious Drama
- Length: 10,387 words
- Structure: 14 chapters, 202 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Contents
- Act I, Scene 1
- Act I, Scene 2
- Act I, Scene 3
- Act II, Scene 1
- Act II, Scene 2
- Act III, Scene 1
- Act III, Scene 2
- Act III, Scene 3
- Act III, Scene 4
- Act IV, Scene 1
- Act IV, Scene 2
- Act IV, Scene 3
- Act V, Scene 1
- Act V, Scene 2