Everyman

Who do Kindred and Cousin represent?

-Kindred means same family and Cousin means related. -Represents family members and close friends deserting him

Who does Fellowship represent?

-Represents common community interest or friendship -Group that will support

Who does Everyman represent?

-Represents mankind in general -Lives a wild life and throughout the play tries to balance his account book of good deeds and sins. Eventually all his friends desert him except Good Deeds and maybe knowledge.

What does Goods represent?

-Represents objects (goods, stuff, belongings) -Play says that you can't take belongings with you to the grave

What does Good Deeds represent?

-The only character that doesn't forsake Everyman -Represents Everyman's good actions

What does Confession do?

Allows Everyman to confess and repent for his sins

How does the audience know Everyman has been forgiven at the end of the play and is going to heaven

Angel comes to escort him to heaven

How does the audience know Everyman has been forgiven at the end of the play and is going to heaven?

Angel comes to escort him to heaven

What does Knowledge represent?

Best defined as 'acknowledgement of sin'

Why does Everyman believe Goods will surely go with him?

Everyman has spent the best part of his life loving and caring for Goods

Who are Kindred & Cousin?

Family/relative. "family" deserting him.

Name the "Five Wits"

Five Senses

What does 'Gramercy' mean?

God's mercy; Grand Mercy

Who does Beauty represent?

His physical appearance, and loaned body.

What sacraments does Everyman take from the priest

Holy Communion and last rights [unction]

Morality Play

The plays are centered around the moral struggles of everyday people and were designed to teach important lessons about salvation and the struggle between virtue and vice.

What is the dominate theme?

The struggle of good and evil for the human soul.

What are Passion Plays?

They tell the last week of the life of Christ

Death

Visits Everyman on behalf of God to inform him that he is going to die

What does Respite mean?

a delay or extension

What is a Reckoning?

a settlement of accounts

What does Everyman represent in the play

all of humanity

How does Everyman try to forestall death

bribe him & ask for more time

How has Everyman spent his life?

chasing material goods, ignoring God

In the end what does Strength do?

deserts Everyman

miracle play

focused on the lives of saints.

What character in the play has Everyman loved best before his penance

goods

What is the nature of Death

he comes unexpectedly

Why won't Cousin go with Everyman

he has a cramp in his toe, not ready to give his reckoning

Why does Everyman not recognize Death?

he is preoccupied with sin and does not expect to encounter Death - Death comes when one least expects it

What two things does Death say have been 'lent' (loaned) to Everyman?

his life and his worldly goods

Where can Goods not help Everyman get into?

in Heaven

Who wrote Everyman

it is not known; Christians

Why is Good Deeds initially on the ground

it is weak because Everyman has not done many good deeds

Who is the sister of Good Deeds

knowledge

What does Goods say it does to a thousand people?

makes their lives miserable - kills their souls

What is the position of Death in relationship to Man and God?

mighty messenger

Why is God upset at the beginning of the play

people of the world have forgotten him; they live in sin, and only think about worldly riches and material objects.

According to this play, who has the highest power on earth?

priests

What must Everyman do in order to have a clean reckoning with God

repent his sins through confession and penance

What must Everyman do in order to have a clean reckoning with God?

repent his sins through confession and penance

Where does Knowledge first take Everyman?

to Confession; The house of Salvation

Deceive

to cause (someone) to believe an untruth; to mislead

Why does God call on Death at the beginning of the play?

to find Everyman and make him answer for his sins; to give a reckoning before God

Knowledge waits for what at the end of Everyman's life?

to see what will happen to him - heaven or hell