The Vice in Vice President: House of Cards and the Morality Tradition
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Keller, James R.
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Eastern Kentucky Univ, English & Theatre, Richmond, KY 40475 USA
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[1] Eastern Kentucky Univ, English & Theatre, Richmond, KY 40475 USA
[2] Eastern Kentucky Univ, English, Richmond, KY 40475 USA
The purpose of this essay is to trace within the Netflix series House of Cards a tradition that predates Shakespeare, one that eventually evolved into the villains of the early modern stage. I refer here to the character known as the vice of medieval morality plays.