Transcript Everyman AND The Morality Play

Everyman
AND
The Morality Play
Mr. Kott
What is the purpose of a Morality
Play?
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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
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Constantly going on in the soul of everyman
Everyman
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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
What is the moral of the story?
Can you pinpoint an exact
reference in the text?
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Lines 864-869
Oh the Burdens of dealing with the
uneducated…
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Lines 902-921
We all need somebody to Lean
on…
What is Everyman’s support structure
throughout the play? Chart his support…
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Good Deeds
ETERNAL LIFE!
Beauty, Strength, Discretion, Five Wits
Knowledge
Good Deeds
Goods
Kindred & Cousin
Fellowship
Confession
Everyman as a Type of
“Containment Strategy”…
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Priesthood
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Positive:
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Knowledge
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Line 706& up to 749
What is the play
saying about the
clergy?
Negative:
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750-771
Is it really negative?
Confession
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Why have Knowledge
bring Confession?
“that cleansing river”
(536).
Confession speaks…
Lines 554 through
572
Now why would Post-Henry VIII
England have a problem with this?
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The priest thing…
The 7 Sacraments
Faith versus Good Deeds