EVERYMAN EVERYMAN IS A MORALITY PLAY. A MORALITY PLAY DRAMATIZES POINTS OF RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE. THE PLAY WAS WRITTEN NEAR THE END OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. IT IS PROBABLY A TRANSLATION OF A FLEMISH PLAY. EVERYMAN IS PLACED IN A SITUATION WHERE HE GETS TO SEE WHO HIS TRUE FRIENDS ARE. EVERYMAN EXAMINES THE QUESTION OF CHRISTIAN SALVATION BY USE OF ALLEGORICAL CHARACTERS, AND WHAT MAN HAS TO DO TO ATTAIN IT. THE CONFLICT OF GOOD AND EVIL IS DRAMATIZED BY THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS. CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY: MESSENGER GOD DEATH EVERYMAN FELLOWSHIP KIDNRED (NOT IN YOUR TEXT)
COUSIN (NOT IN YOUR TEXT) GOODS GOOD DEEDS KNOWLEDGE CONFESSION BEAUTY STRENGTH DISCRETION FIVE WITS ANGEL DOCTOR EVERYMAN QUIZ 1. WHY IS GOD UPSET WITH EVERYMAN?
2. WHAT DOES EVERYMAN TELL DEATH ABOUT MEETING GOD? 3. WHO IS FIRST ON EVERYMAN’S LIST TO ASK IF HE WILL GO WITH HIM TO GOD? 4. WHICH CHARACTER INITALLY SPEAKS TO EVERYMAN FROM THE GROUND? 5. WHERE DOES KNOWLEDGE TAKE EVERYMAN? 1. WHY DID GOD SEND DEATH TO EVERYMAN? 2. WHY DOES EVERYMAN ASK DEATH TO LET HIM BRING SOMEONE WITH HIM? 3. WHICH CHARACTER HAS TO BE LEFT HERE ON EARTH AND TRIES TO GET MEN TO SIN? 4. WHICH CHARACTER SAYS HE CAN’T MOVE BECAUSE OF EVERYMAN’S SINS? 5. WHO ESCORTS EVERYMAN’S SOUL TO HEAVEN?