Everyman

             Medievil drama developed out of early religious plays, which had been
            
             made out of the drama of the medieval church..These early dramatic forms still
            
             focused on the religious and moral themes that dominated the Christian
            
             imagination during the Middle Ages.The play Everyman showed the
            
             improvement of the people by seeking salvation.(Charles Darling, 2000)
            
            
             The morality play presented religious and ethical concerns from the point
            
             of view of the Christian person, whose main concern was to improve his
            
             relationship with god, improve himself by performing good deeds and gaining
            
             salvation for his soul. A morality play is essentially an allegory in dramatic form.
            
             It shares the key features of allegorical prose and verse narratives. It is intended
            
             to be understood on two or more levels and the characters are abstractions with
            
             label names like all the characters in Everyman. These plays come from
            
             medieval sermons, literature, homilies, fables and other works of moral or
            
             spiritual significance. Their purpose was originally to teach people how they
            
             should act to be a good Christian and therefore make a better society but later
            
             became just entertainment.In the fourteenth century, morality plays were mainly
            
             based on the seven deadly sins as in Everyman when he shows Greed by saying
            
             "Money maketh all right that is wronge". In fifteenth century, the plays theme
            
             was usually concerning the conflict between good and evil in an individual began
            
             to be performed in France to improve their society by explaining morals to
            
             people. This type of play soon became popular all over Europe, including
            
             England. The main characters in "Everyman" are God, a Messenger, Death,
            
             Everyman, Fellowship, Kindred, Cousin, Goods, Knowledge, Beauty, Strength,
            
             and Good Deeds. Everyman only cares about worldly pleasures as stated in
            
             Everyman when Death says "His mind is on fle...

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