Morality plays

EVERYMAN
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THEY EVOLVED SIDE BY SIDE WITH MYSTERIES
ACTED BY TRADE GUILDS BUT THEY WERE
COMPOSED INDIVIDUALLY NOT IN CYCLES.
MYSTERIES AND MORALITIES HAD A RELIGIOUS
PURPOSE, BUT MYSTERIES DRAMATIZED
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN BIBLICAL HISTORY.
THE AIM OF MORALITY PLAYS WERE DIDACTIC
BUT THEY SHARED SOME HUMOUR WITH
MYSTERIES
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THIS FORM OF DRAMA, PLAYED AND
IMPORTANT PART IN THE TRANSITION FROM
MEDIEVAL TO ELIZABETHAN DRAMA.

THEY WERE POPULAR IN THE ENGLISH LIFE

BECAUSE THEY POSSESSED POPULAR
ELEMENTS OF MORAL GENERALIZATION AND
RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
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THEMES IN THE MORALITY PLAYS:
CONFLICT BETWEEN VIRTUES AND VICES FOR
MANS SOUL.
THE COMING OF DEATH OR SUMMONING
OF MAN TO HIS FINAL HOUR AND THE
JUDGEMENT TO FOLLOW.
DEBATE OF MERCY AND PEACE AGAINST
TRUTH AND JUSTICE.
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THE AGE OF MORALITY WAS ONE IN WHICH
RELIGION WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF
COMMUNAL LIFE, IT INFLUECED WORK, PLAY
AND RECERATION.

PEOPLE HAD THE SAME ATTITUDE TO A

SERMON AS TO A MORALITY IN AND OUT OF
CHURCH
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WRITTEN ABOUT THE END OF THE 15TH
IN EVERYMAN APPEARS IN ITS MOST
METICULOUSLY WORKED OUT FORM .
EVERYMAN IS AN ALLEGORICAL
REPRESENTATION.
THE BASIC DOCTRINES APPEAR CLEARLY AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAY:
GOD AS AN OVEREIGN DISPOSER OF ALL
THINGS. THE SOVEREIGN JUDGE OF ALL MEN.
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WHAT IS AN ALLEGORY?
It is a story in verse or prose with a
purpose of teaching an idea and a
principle. The objective of its use is to
preach some kind of a moral lesson.
An allegory has a double meaning a
primary or surface meaning and a
secondary or under- the safe meaning
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HOW IS THE ALLEGORY MANIFESTED:
THROUGH:
GENERALIZED TYPES (EVERYMAN)
PERSONIFICATION OF ABSTRACTIONS (GOOD
DEEDS, KNOWLEDGE)
SYMBOLIC OBJECTS AND ACTIONS
(PILGRIMAGE, GARMENT OF SORROW)
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THE CENTRAL THEME IN EVERYMAN:
MANS RESPONSIBILITY TO A POWER HIGHER
THAN HIMSELF.
IT EXPRESSES THOUGHT OF MEDIEVAL
RELLIGION; THAT RELIGION ENCOURAGED
AND NECESSITATED A READINESS TO FACE THE
FACT OF EVIL IN MAN.
THE VICTORY OF EVIL IS ACIEVED NOT ONLY BY
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE BUT THROUGH A
POWERFUL DIVINE INTERVENTION.
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WHAT MATTERED WAS THE POWER OF DIVINE
MERCY TO LEAD MAN THROUGH EVIL.
WHITHOUT DIVINE INTERVENTION, MAN
COULD ACHIEVE NOTHING.
EVERYMAN IS LED BY KNOWLEDGE TO
REPENT.
THE BELIEF IN A HEALING REDEMPTION GIVES
EVERYMANS REMORSE A QUALITY.
REMOSRSE IS NOT PAINFUL BUR PACIFYING.
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CHARITY WAS CALLED SAINT OR HOLY.
IT IS THE MOTHER OF ALL VIRTUES
INESCAPABLE PRESENCE OF MAN BEFORE A
JUDGE THAT CANNOT BE BRIBED BY
ANYTHING BUT REPENTANCE.
MAN MUST CARRY HIS OWN RESPONIBILITY
BEFORE GOD.
DEATH COMES EQUALLY TO ALL, AND MAKES
ALL MEN EQUAL
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KNOWLEDGE IS THE GRASP OF THE DIVINE
LAWAND PLAN OF THE UNIVERSE IN THE
LIGHT OF WHICH MAN CAN UNDERSTAND HIS
ACTIONS.
KNOWLEDGE IS FAITH, ONE OF THE DIVINE
GOODS LENT TO MAN, TO BE TAKEN AWAY AT
DEATH.
KNOWLEDGE SETS THE PROCESS OF
SALVATION, BY COMING OF HER OWN
ACCORD. (FAITH IS A GIFT FROM GOD)