The Seven Deadly Sins (play) The plot shows that "Part 2" consisted of episodes concerning three of the seven deadly sins, Envy, Sloth, and Lechery; "S.D.S. 1" must therefore have dealt with Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, and Pride. That cast names many of the players of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, including two boys apprenticed to John Heminges in 1595 and 1597. The plot refers to the production's personnel sometimes under the actors' names, sometimes by nicknames, and sometimes only by their roles; but at least a partial reconstruction of the actors and their roles is possible: "Ro. Go.," the actor (most likely a boy player) who
Seven deadly sins of all sins, it has been deemed the devil's most prominent trait. C.S. Lewis writes, in "Mere Christianity", that pride is the "anti-God" state, the position in which the ego and the self are directly opposed to God: "Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind." Pride is understood to sever the spirit from God, as well as His life-and-grace-giving Presence. One can be prideful for different reasons. Author Ichabod Spencer states