Middle Ages: Everyman

Everyman is a 16th century English morality play. In addition to recognizing the plot and characters, you should know be able to identify the genre, the "everyman" type, and the fact that the play is an allegory.

• Summary
• Influences
  • Modern Literature
• • Examples of everyman type fictional characters
• E-texts
  • Electronic Text Center (U Virginia)
• Drama of the Middle Ages
  
  

• I pray you all gyue your audyence,
  And here this mater with reuerence,
  By fygure a morall playe.
  The Somonynge of Eueryman called it is,
  That of our lyues and endynge shewes
  How transytory we be all daye.
  This mater is wonders precyous;
  But the entent of it is more gracyous,
  And swete to bere awaye. (Electronic Text Center, U Virginia. Scene 1.)