Make a list of characters who favoured King David and who were against?
About poet
John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.
ABOUT ABSOLAM&ACHITOPHEL
Absalom and Achitophel is a celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden, written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681. in the act some are in favoured of king some are against of king. Here I make list about those character. As activity of my class .
The characters are talking about the biblical character.
Absolam is presented as illegitimate son of king david and achitophel was presented as antagonist.
Firstly, I make a list of the characters who are in favor of King david.
Barzillai
King david oldest and most trusted friend
He is always with david.
He represented james butler. 1st Duke of Ormond
He is favoured of king david
Barzillai eldest son
He represents Thomas butler earl of ossory.
He is the son of David's most trusted man.
He is also in the favoured of a king
Jotham
According to the Bible jotham is a king of Judah and the grandson of zadok.
In a poem by John Dryden he is represented as George Savile,the nephew of the earl of shaftesbury, the man allegorized in the character of achitophel.
He is credited with being instrumental in defeating the exclusion bill in parliament.
We can say that he is a supporter of the exclusion bill also.
He is in favour of the king.
Amiel
One of king david most trusted and loyal men.
He is important member of the sanhedrin and helps to quell the uprising against david within government.
In the poem it is not clear which one the dryden take here of amiel, because in the Bible there are several amiels in the Bible.
Amiel is represented Edward Seymour, the speaker of the house of commons parliament during time of dryden
He is an opponent of the exclusion bill.
Michal
She is wife of king david
She is in favoured of king david
These are all characters who are in favor of King david.
Here I make a list of the characters who are against the king David. In other words, we can say that all the characters are in favour of achitophel.
First character who is against of king or we can say antagonist is
Achitophel
He is the most influential.
He is presented as antagonist in the act absalom & achitophel.
He pretends to be David's friend but actually he is the enemy of david.
He wants to rule over Israel or we can want to destroy it.
He encouraged absolam to rebel against jebusites.
Corah
He is an achitophel man.
He is against the king.
He is a priest although he lies about rabbinical degree, and he hatches the plot that helps achitophel discredit David's brother and ingratiate Absolam to the people of Israel.
In the poem he represented as Titus oates the Englishman, who engineered the popish plot.
Like corah, oates was a puritan priest, with a dubious rabbinical degree.
Shimei
He is in favour of Achitophel,against King david.
Shimei is a dishonest crook who steals and cheats the jews in every chance.
Sheimei stakes juries to punish David supporters, set his enemy free and during his tenure as magistrate, treason is not his crime.
He is one of David's tormentors in the Bible, but in the Dryden poem he is represented as a slingsby Bethel, the sheriff of london.
Member of parliament during the time of dryden.
He is in favour of achitophel.
Zimri
Dryden describe zimri as buffoon who has tried several profession.
In the Bible zimri is a king of Israel
He likely represent George Villiers the 2nd Duke of Buckingham
He was accused for treason
He played active role within popish plot.
The pharaoh
He is leader of egeypt and David's ally.
Pharaoh only pretends to just he is friendly with david, but really he just looking way to exploits king.
In poem he represent Louis 14 of France
He is in favour of achitophel
Jonas
He has ability to manipulate laws.
According to Bible Joan's is prophet.
In the poem of dryden he is represent as a sir William jonas a member of parliament.
He also support the exclusion bill.
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