Everyman

What three extravagant and hasty promises does Fellowship make as he urges Everyman to "show him the grief of his mind" (Mark all that apply.)?

"I will not forsake thee to my life's end." "For, in faith, and thou go to hell, I will not forsake thee by the way!" "If any have you wronged, ye shall revenged be, though I on the ground be slain for thee."

What words or phrases show Everyman's emotions?

Alas! I may well weep with sighs deep.For now I fear pains huge and great.

What advice does Everyman give the audience?

All except good deed have forsaken him.

"Here at your will we be all ready."

Beauty

What are the seven sacraments Five Wits speaks of?

Confirmation marriage baptism priesthood sacrement of God's flesh and blood penance extreme Unction

Goods tells Everyman he will _____ as he has deceived him.

Deceive others

Go with a good advisement and deliberation."

Discretion

Goods _____ try to spare Everyman's feelings.

Does not

I pray God reward you in his heavenly sphere.

Everyman

What has Everyman learned from this harsh experience?

Everyman has learned that promises are easily broken when people realize what making that promise means. And that good deeds will be with you no matter where you go. He also learned he must face death alone

Write a brief paragraph describing Everyman's feelings after he hears that Good Deeds is no longer weak and sad, and that his contrition will bring him God's forgiveness (Lines 618 through 655).

Everyman is happy because Good Deeds is going to go with him on his journey. He wore the garment of contrition.

Write a brief paragraph explaining how Kindred and Cousin's commitment to Everyman changes throughout this excerpt and how that impacts Everyman's state of mind.

Eveyman feels deceived when kindred and cousin decide not to go with him on his journey.he also feels like all of their promises have been broken.

Confession's gift to Everyman is a Bible which he is to use to make atonement for his sins.

False

Everyman asks Good Deeds to stay there on the ground while he completes his journey.

False

Everyman does not have a happy ending.

False

Everyman is not greatly worried about appearing before God with his account books.

False

Everyman says he is grateful for Fellowship's company during his greatest need.

False

Everyman tries to read his account books but cannot because his eyes are filled with tears.

False

Good Deeds says she will not go along with him even after he has received healing for his sins in Confession.

False

The Doctor says that having one's reckoning clear is not necessary after all.

False

"Thou art the surgeon that cureth sin deadly:"

Five Wits

How does Strength show the ruder side of his nature?

He calls Everyman a fool for complaining.

What do you learn about the character of Fellowship?

He is fickle and only wants to help Everyman until he finds out that he won't come back.

Everyman was mistaken in thinking _____ his property.

He owned

How do you think Everyman feels?

He's sad because everyone he thought would help him on his journey left him.

Reread Lines 183 to 203. This part is Everyman's first soliloquy. How does Everyman feel about his dilemma?

He's sorrowful and lonely.

Write a brief paragraph describing how you would present Good Deeds on the stage. Use the details in her speeches as well as those in Everyman's comments about her as the basis for your characterization.

I think Good Deeds is Bound together On the floor. She probably has her arms and legs tied together.

Goods _____ because Everyman is in such difficulty.

Is glad

Goods goes out _____.

Laughing

Goods is _____ than the others in his answers to Everyman.

More direct

List three sets of contrasting words used by Everyman in his second soliloquy.

Mourning/merry sorrow/prosperity creep/forsake

Why does Cousin say she unable to accompany Everyman?

She has a cramp in her toe.

How does Beauty act when she sees the grave and learns she is expected to step into it?

She leaves everyman

"Though thou would in battle fight on the ground."

Strength

What is Fellowship's first reaction when he learns the reason for Everyman's distress?

That he will not go with him

What do we learn about human nature from Kindred and Cousin?

That people change as time goes on, and people you though would be there for you aren't always going to be.

What does the Doctor mean in the Epilogue when he says "None excuse may be there for Everyman"?

That there arent any excuses for Everyman or his actions. He only has his Good Deeds as his advocate before God. After he dies, "amends may no man make" meaning he can't take back the bad things he's done in his life. It's too late to fix his mistakes, or receive pity or mercy for them.

Throughout this scene, Everyman observes the discrepancy between the words and actions of those around him. What is the lesson the play is trying to teach us?

That you should judge people by their action and that knowledge is the only thing that's never gonna disappear.

A morality play is a moral allegory in dramatic form. What characteristics make this play an allegory?

The personification that reveals a hidden meaning. By personfying things such as knowledge and making it seem like a real person, and in the end revealing the true meaning of the play.

How do the characters in this section differ from Everyman's "fair-weather friends" in their relationship to Everyman?

They keep their promises to Everyman and want to accompany him on his journey. They dont try to keep him from taking his journey.

Goods tells Everyman he cannot go with him to the reckoning because he is _____ to endure.

Too brittle

"In prosperity men friends may find, which in adversity be full unkind" means that fair-weather friends are not to be relied upon.

True

Another statement in this passage says that relatives will come to the help of their own, even if reluctantly, simply because they are kin.

True

Everyman asks Confession to wash him free from the stains of his sins.

True

Everyman asks Good Deeds if something heavy fell on her.

True

Everyman cannot read his account books because he cannot see a single letter.

True

Everyman commits his soul to God when he prays, "Into thy hands, Lord."

True

Everyman is thankful because Knowledge will go with him, to be his guide to Confession.

True

Everyman prays, "Ah, Lady, help," when he is forsaken by Fellowship.

True

Everyman tries to bribe Death for more time.

True

Everyman's reckoning means he will have to account for his actions, and the way he has spent his life.

True

Fearing damnation, Everyman pleads with Good Deeds to help him straighten out his account before Christ his Redeemer.

True

Good Deeds is so tied down by Everyman's sins that she cannot rise from the ground.

True

Good Deeds would if she could, but she cannot; she advises Everyman to consult her Sister, Knowledge, who will help him.

True

Her reply, not meant to be humorous, has a bit of comic satire about it. "Thanks to you," she says, in effect.

True

In Everyman's prayer he recites the main events of God's mercy to mankind in sending him a Redeemer born of a virgin, to atone for Adam's sin of disobedience.

True

Kindred and Cousin promise to stick by Everyman, live with him, and die with him.

True

Knowledge says Everyman must also take along his Five Wits as counselors.

True

Knowledge waits to see what happens to Everyman because Knowledge is curious.

True

The angel's voice is heard welcoming the soul of Everyman.

True

The transitory nature of Goods, Pleasures, Beauty and Friends is clear to Good Deeds when she says, "All fleeth save Good Deeds."

True

Those whom Good Deeds says Everyman must take along are Discretion, Strength, and Beauty.

True

Reread Lines 146 to 203 and check three questions Everyman asks Death to answer

Where can he go to escape endless sorrow?May he have someone to go with him? May he come back from his pilgrimage?

Everyman's description of the reckoning he must make (Lines 338 through 342) includes all his times choices , all deeds, and all that he has refused.

Works sinful Virtues

What are the qualities of Discretion (Mark all that apply.)

care in speech and action good judgment

Everyman _____.

curses him for his treachery

Everyman is still so desperate for company that _____.

he begs Goods to stay with him

Everyman learns from his dialogue with Goods that he _____.

loved possessions excessively

In lines 351 through 354 we find out _____.

that Kindred is not kind and Everyman must travel alone

What does Everyman tell Fellowship that seems to convince him not to go along?

that no one can return from that journey till the day of doom

Under what circumstances does Fellowship say he would gladly accompany Everyman?

to eat and drink and make good cheer to go along to help murder someone