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* [[Deal with the Devil]]: In ''The Devil to Pay'', obviously
* [[Doctor's Orders]]: In ''The Man Born To Be King'', Herod's doctor speaks quite firmly with him.
* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]: ''The Faust Legend and the Idea of the Devil'' is about how hard it is to write a literary devil that is really well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|diabolical.]] The main example she gives of a success is [[The Divine Comedy|Dante.]]
* [[Forgiveness]]: ''The Emperor Constantine''
* [[God]]: Owing to the anti-blasphemy laws that formerly obtained in the United Kingdom, it was illegal to bring God as a character onto the stage; Sayers got around this by presenting Him either in radio-drama (as in ''The Man Born To Be King'') or under another name (''e.g.'', as "The Judge" in ''The Devil to Pay'' or as the "''Persona Dei''" in ''The Just Vengeance'').
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* [[My Hair Came Out Green]]: In "The Inspiration of Mr Budd".
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: Happens to Crispus in ''The Emperor Constantine''
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With [[C. S. Lewis]]. Doubled as [[Friendly Rival]] at times over differing subjects.
* [[Ritual Magic]]: In ''The Devil To Pay'', Sayers' take on the [[Faust]] legend, Mephistopheles is conjured by rituals that Sayers found in actual [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|grimoires]]. Moreover, she contrasts the simplicity of [[Jesus]]'s miracles with the complicated spells of sorcerers in ''The Man Born to Be King''.
* [[Satire]]: She can be hilarious at times. One of the better ones was a satire on Higher Criticism. It is ''A Vote of Thanks to Cyrus'' which begins with her surprise that [[Cyrus the Great]] was also in [[The Bible]], and goes on to imagine what the Gospels would look like if they were a series of obituaries for a well-regarded clergyman in England.
* [[The Seven Deadly Sins]]: ''The Other Six Deadly Sins''. This starts by pointing out that [[Lust]] is overemphasized and than goes on to skewer examples of the other sins. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Perhaps slightly marred]] by repeating of the occupational prejudices of Chesterton, whom she held in high regard.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Not uncommon with Sayers; for instance, a passage describing Peter and John in ''The Zeal of Thy House'' was deliberately modeled on a passage in [[G. K. Chesterton|G.K. Chesterton's]] ''Orthodoxy'' -- a book which she credited for her re-dedication to Christianity when she was a teenager.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Shadrach, in ''The Man Born To Be King''.
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