As talked about in Jean Q. Seaton's article 'What have I offended unto thee?', Seaton discusses to ramifications of portraying God with more humanistic qualities. The purpose of these plays is to give an accurate representation of the bible stories. Making God more human is only dimeaning to the people that believe in how "godly" he truly is. Oxford Reference Online describes 'godly' as "devoutly religious; pious: how to live the godly life" (ORO "godly"). Bringing down God to a human level isn't devoutly religious because it contradicts with the idea that God is an almighty being. If the point is to make this accurate in order to tell the story, God should be a larger then life idea. Therefor God should be draped in gold and bigger than the actors playing Adam and Eve. He should speak in a large booming voice and have a crown. Anything that can make him seem "larger than life" would be helpful to this idea of everything being authentic and accurate.
Work Cited:
Google Images Search: "God"
Soanes, Catherine, and Angus Stevenson. "Godly." Oxford Reference Online. 2nd Rev. Ed. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2003. Web.
Seaton, Jean Q. "`What have I offended unto thee?': God as three-in-one in the Chester Mystery Cycle.."
English Studies 73.4 (1992): 300-11. Web. 2 Dec 2010.
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