Everyman AND The Morality Play

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EverymanANDThe Morality Play

• Mr. Kott

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What is the purpose of a Morality Play?

• To make Christianity more real to the audience by
  dramatizing the meaning of religion in terms of
  everyday human experience.
• Deals with an abstract, moral conflict, turned
  into drama in the real world.
• Good Vs. Evil- Psychomachia
• Constantly going on in the soul of everyman

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Everyman

• Before 1500
• Possibly last section of larger play
• Doesnt include a beginning where man is innocent
  and about to fall into sin
• Dark tone, not much of a satire

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What is the moral of the story?Can you pinpoint
an exact reference in the text?

• Lines 864-869

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Oh the Burdens of dealing with the uneducated

• Lines 902-921

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We all need somebody to Lean on

• What is Everymans support structure throughout
  the play? Chart his support

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Good Deeds ETERNAL LIFE!
Beauty, Strength, Discretion, Five Wits
Knowledge Confession
Good Deeds
Goods
Kindred Cousin
Fellowship
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Everyman as a Type of Containment Strategy

• Priesthood
• Positive
• Knowledge
• Line 706 up to 749
• What is the play saying about the clergy?
• Negative
• 750-771
• Is it really negative?

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Confession

• Why have Knowledge bring Confession?
• that cleansing river (536).
• Confession speaks Lines 554 through 572

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Now why would Post-Henry VIIIEngland have a
problem with this?

• The priest thing
• The 7 Sacraments
• Faith versus Good Deeds