History in Good Omens

History in Good Omens

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By Alice MAGUER and Louis EBERHARDT

Contents

1. What is Good Omens?

2. The witch "trials"

3. Shakespeare

4. The French revolution

5. The "Resurrectionists"

6. WWII (specifically 1941)

7. Costumes

What is Good Omens?

• Book written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and adapted into TV series
• the angel Aziraphale (Heaven's representative on Earth) and the demon Crowley (Hell's representative on Earth)

The witch "trials"

• from 15th to 18th century in England
• executed anyone they thought made a "pact with Satan", 90% of which were innocent women.
• Agnes Nutter (in the series) VS. Alice Nutter (in real life)

Shakespeare

• An English playwright and poet from the 17th century (April 1564-April 23rd 1616)
• the Globe theatre in London (built for Shakespeare)
• his tragedies were not a success when they first came out (empty theatre)

The "Resurrectionists"

• Grave robbers in the Victorian era who stole fresh corpses (to dissect for medicine research)
• People created traps to prevent the graves from being robbed (i.e.: grave guns, mortsafes/mortcages,...)

WWII(the Blitz)

• The Blitz started in september 1940 and ended in may 1941 in England. It was a bombing campaign led by the Luftwaffe.

• Aziraphale performed a magic show in the windmill theatre (real theatre in London. Their motto: "We never closed!" because they never stopped putting on shows, even during the blitz.)

Costumes over time

1941

1793

33 AD

537 AD

3004 BC

1967

1827

1601

41 AD

2500 BC

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Thank you for your attention!

good-(omens)-bye! o/

• Sources:
• hagley.org
• wikipedia.com
• primevideo.com
• shakespearesglobe.com
• Mrs. Chavel