Allegorical Implications of Regicide and Restoration in William Whitaker's TheConspiracy (1680)
- Authors
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Met’eb Alnwairan
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- Keywords:
- Restoration Drama, William Whitaker, Regicide and Restoration , Exclusion Crisis, Ottomans on stage.
- Abstract
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William Whitaker's The Conspiracy or Change of Government (1680) establishes many
historical and political parallels related to the great political tensions over the succession question in
Restoration England. The Conspiracy, which is based on actual accounts of the history of the Ottoman
Empire, comments on one of the most complicated political allegories of the Exclusion Crisis period.
Written in a time of great controversy over the succession issue, the play can be seen as an allegory of the
dethronement and execution of King Charles I and the restoration of his son, Charles II. - Downloads
- Published
- 2026-04-22
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- Vol. 7 No. 1 (2018)
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- Articles
How to Cite
Alnwairan, M. (2026). Allegorical Implications of Regicide and Restoration in William Whitaker’s TheConspiracy (1680). International Journal of English and Education, 7(1), 201-210. https://ijee.org/ijee/article/view/313