Everyman

Who does Everyman call on for help? What are the results of each?

1. Fellowship: says no, makes an excuse 2. Kinship: says no, makes an excuse- he has a cramp in his toe 3. Goods: the first to be honest- tells him 4. Good Deeds: can't go because he is too weak since Everyman didn't pay attention to good deeds 5. Knowledge: Takes Everyman to Confessions 6. Beauty, Strength, Discretion: beauty will smother in the grave, discretion is no use afterlife

When was the play written?

1495

What kind of play is Everyman?

A Morality Play: a play designed to instruct and teach a moral to the general populace

What does Everyman represent?

All of humanity

Main themes of the play?

Death: Everyman struggles to accept death, and this shows the fear people had during this time Religion: Christian allegory that focuses on heaven, God, and sin

What is the moral?

Doctor appears and reminds all human beings that on the last journey beauty, strength, discretion, and the five wits abandon everyone at the end , only good deeds avail

Who stays with Everyman until the end?

Good deeds

How does Everyman achieve his goal?

He repents his sins and is allowed into eternal life

Why does Everyman seek allegorical people to go with him, as he goes with Death?

To speak for his qualities in giving his reckoning to God

What is an allegory?

a form of metaphor in which abstract ideas or principles are represented as concrete characters, figures, or events.