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Everyman AND The Morality Play

Everyman AND The Morality Play. Mr. Kott. 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.

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Everyman AND The Morality Play

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  1. EverymanANDThe Morality Play Mr. Kott

  2. 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

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

  4. What is the moral of the story?Can you pinpoint an exact reference in the text? • Lines 864-869

  5. Oh the Burdens of dealing with the uneducated… • Lines 902-921

  6. We all need somebody to Lean on… • What is Everyman’s support structure throughout the play? Chart his support…

  7. Good Deeds ETERNAL LIFE! Beauty, Strength, Discretion, Five Wits Knowledge Confession Good Deeds Goods Kindred & Cousin Fellowship

  8. 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?

  9. Why have Knowledge bring Confession? “that cleansing river” (536). Confession speaks… Lines 554 through 572 Confession

  10. The priest thing… The 7 Sacraments Faith versus Good Deeds Now why would Post-Henry VIIIEngland have a problem with this?

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