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themes to use from everyman in essay

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-true happiness is better than money. -it is a moral play. --you get what you give away. use these to answer the essay question. -what resonates that makes the play valuable and relevant today?

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1. In what century was Everyman written

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(15th)

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2. In what literary form is the play written

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(dramatized allegory)

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3. Who wrote Everyman

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(it is not known)

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4. How many acts are in the play

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(one)

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5. What is a morality play

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(a play designed to instruct and teach a moral to the general populace)

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6. At the beginning of the play, what does the Messenger warn the audience about

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(though now the spectators think sin is a good thing, when it comes to the end, it will make people sad)

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7. Why is God upset at the beginning of the play

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(people of the world have forgotten him; they live in sin, and only think about worldly riches)

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8. Why does God call on Death at the beginning of the play

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(to find Everyman and make him answer for his sins - to give a reckoning before God)

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9. What is the position of Death in relationship to Man and God

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(messenger)

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10. How does Everyman try to forestall death

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(bribe him, ask for more time)

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11. When Everyman asks Fellowship for help, what is Fellowship's final offer

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(he will not go, but if Everyman wants to go have a good time, he will be glad to go or if he needs help in killing someone he will help)

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12. Why won't Cousin go with Everyman

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(he has a cramp in his toe, not ready to give his reckoning)

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13. What does Everyman represent in the play

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(all humanity)

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14. What is the nature of Death

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(he comes unexpectedly)

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15. While Kindred refuses to go with Everyman, he offers what

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(his maid to go with Everyman, if she agrees)

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16. What character in the play has Everyman loved best before his penance

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(Goods)

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17. How has Everyman spent his life

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(in things of the flesh and material goods, ignoring God)

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18. What does Goods say it does to a thousand people

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(makes their lives miserable - kills their souls)

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19. What does Goods advise Everyman should have done with some of his goods

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(shared them in acts of charity and goodness with the poor)

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20. Why is Good Deeds initially on the ground

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(it is weak because Everyman has not done many good deeds)

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21. Who is the sister of Good Deeds

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(Knowledge)

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22. Where does Knowledge first take Everyman

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(to Confession)

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23. In what does Knowledge instruct Everyman

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(religious doctrine)

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24. Who hears Everyman's confession

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(a priest)

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25. What must Everyman do in order to have a clean reckoning with God

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(repent his sins through confession and penance)

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26. Why does Everyman seek allegorical people to go with him, as he goes with Death

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(to speak for his qualities in giving his reckoning to God)

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27. What does 'Gramercy' mean

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(God's mercy)

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28. Why does Everyman believe Goods will surely go with him

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(Everyman has spent the best part of his life loving and caring for Goods)

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29. Which character often says 'Alack,' 'Alas

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' (Everyman)

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30. Where does Goods tell Everyman he cannot help him

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(in Heaven)

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31. Name the Five Wits

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(taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell)

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32. What sacraments does Everyman take from the priest

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(Holy Communion and last rights [unction])

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33. Explain why Everyman scourges himself.

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(he has committed sins of the flesh [physical] therefore this is a penance to seek forgiveness for this aspect of his sinfulness)

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34. What is scourging

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(mortification of the flesh)

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35. What is the nature of Strength

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(physical strongness)

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36. Why will Beauty not go with Everyman

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(she would smother in the grave - he does not need her)

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37. Knowledge waits for what at the end of Everyman's life

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(to see what will happen to him - heaven or hell?)

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38. What does Everyman put on before he dies

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(the gown of contrition that becomes his shroud)

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39. How does the audience know Everyman has been forgiven at the end of the play and is going to heaven

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(Angel comes to escort him to heaven)

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40. What kind of Doctor speaks at the end of the play - why

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(a philosopher or teacher - to speak the moral of the play directly to the audience)

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41. How does Everyman achieve his goal

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(he repents his sins and is allowed into eternal life)

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42. Why does Everyman not need Discretion to follow him into the grave

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(Discretion [decision making, good judgment] is only useful in life - it is not needed after death)

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43. The doctor advises that what is not possible after death

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(repentance)

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44. Five Wits explains who has the highest power on earth, even over kings, emperors, barons and dukes when it comes to religion - who is that

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(priests)

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45. What does Knowledge confide to Five Wits he is worried about

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(he hopes Everyman has gone to a good priest, not one who is corrupt)

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46. Why does Everyman distort the description of his journey when he asks characters to join him

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(he gets them to promise to go with a vague description of the journey, but when he tells the whole truth they refuse to go (except Good Deeds) - he tries to inflict guilt, to no avail, after extracting a promise of companionship from the characters in not initially telling them the whole story)

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47. What does God mean when he says he holds everyman 'elect

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' (he loves his creations and will save them if they follow his rules and worship him, appreciating his sacrifice for them)

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48. Why does Everyman not recognize Death

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(he is preoccupied with sin and does not expect to encounter Death - Death comes when one least expects it in this morality play)

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49. What two things does Death say have been 'lent' to Everyman

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(his life and his worldly goods)

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50. Death states he gives no man 'respite,' - what does this mean

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(Death does not spare anyone)

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