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Byron Partly Cain Abel Lucifer Cain(قابیل Play Acts

Front Cain(قابیل)
Back a play
Byron
three acts
called by his author a 'mystery'
like his other plays Byron insisted that it is not for stage
1821
produced a storm of abuse
it was widely considered blasphemous partly because of Byron's readiness to deploy Cuvier's argument on the creation of earth and partly because he obviously preferred Cain to Abel
Cain follows its hero's rebellion against post-lapsarian life of foil, his turning to Lucifer to find out more than God will reveal , his journey through the universe under the guidance of Lucifer , his killing of Abel and the remorse and exile that is the murder's consequence.

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