Dorothy L. Sayers: Difference between revisions

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Many, but the Empress Helena in her play ''The Emperor Constantine'' is a stand-out example.

* [[Deal With the Devil]]: In ''The Devil to Pay'', obviously

* [[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'').

* [[Offing the Offspring]]: Happens to Crispus in ''The Emperor Constantine''

* [[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''.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Shadrach, in ''The Man Born To Be King''.

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Some of the letters in ''The Documents in the Case'' are written by them.

[[Category:Authors]]

[[Category:Dorothy L Sayers]]