everyman character description/analysis
death
God's messenger, he brings everyman to his reckoning and in this sense, he doesn't signify death but as a transition into death.
good-deeds
Good Deeds is the only character who does not forsake Everyman - and at the end of the play, accompanies him to his grave. Good Deeds represents Everyman's good actions - nice things that he does for other people.
messenger
calls audience attention that if they pay attention it could save their souls
God
criticizes everyman's choice to put vices first before him. he sends death to give everyman his reckoning
beauty
one of the first ones to abandon everyman. shows beauty is irrelevant in heaven
discretion
represents ability to make choices, abandons everyman when strength abandons him
everyman
represents all of humanity and their flaws, and shows the only way to get into heaven is by showing all of your good deeds
knowledge
stays with everyman and tells audience everymans fate.
doctor
tell audience there is still hope yet
angel
tell everyman his fate
strength
tells everyman he will stand by him until he learns that everyman is going to die, and abandons him
5 wits
the common sense, imagination, fantasy, estimation, and memory. show these traits are helpful on earth but not in heaven/hell when he abandons everyman