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EveryMan
My Group
• Yesenia Librado
• Ashton Johnson
• Drew Bert
Setting
• Like the characters, the setting is
allegorical God speaks from heaven,
then sends Death to earth to seek
Everyman, who ascends to heaven in a
final scene. Figuratively, the setting is
anywhere on earth.
Everyman
• is a late 15th-century English morality
play.
• The play is the allegorical accounting
of the life of Everyman, who represents
all mankind.
• In the course of the action, Everyman
tries to convince other characters to
accompany him in the hope of
improving his account.
Mortality
• The play nearest the mystery in manner of
production, costumes, and general tone was
the morality, which might almost be classed
as a religious play. In the age-long attempt to
portray the dual nature of Man, in whom
good and evil perpetually fight for
supremacy, the playwrights lighted on the
allegorical method.
• There are two other English moralities, one
titled Spirit, Will and Understanding, the
other Humanity.
Mortality Play
• All the characters are also allegorical,
each personifying an abstract idea
such as Fellowship, (material) Goods,
and Knowledge.
• The conflict between good and evil is
dramatized by the interactions between
characters.
• Everyman examines the question of Christian
salvation by use of allegorical characters, and what
Man must do to attain it. The premise is that the
good and evil deeds of one's life will be tallied by
God after death, as in a ledger book.
DEATH
• Nothing is known of the author, and although the
play was apparently produced with some frequency
in the seventy-five years following its nothing is
known of the author, and although the play was
apparently produced with some frequency in the
seventy-five years following its composition, no
production records survive.
• When Everyman is summoned by
Death, he can persuade none of his
friends—Beauty, Kindred, Worldly
Goods—to go with him, except Good
Deeds. This allegory has been used as
the basis of plays by later writers and
has remained popular in modern times.
• the protagonist is often the idealized
competent man who possesses charm,
wit, charisma, exceptional intelligence,
sex appeal, athletic and fighting ability,
and a multitude of talents that help him
through his adventures
Gelatin
An Everyman Play
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EARTH
EVERYMAN
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