Written in Middle English during the Tudor period, Everyman is the most famous example of the medieval morality play.
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In the end, it is only Good Deeds that stays with him before God and helps Everyman find salvation and eternal life.
Everyman asks them all to join him in his journey so that he may improve his reckoning before God.
During Everyman\'s pilgrimage to God, he meets many characters, such as Fellowship, Good Deeds, and Knowledge.
It was believed that God tallied all of one\'s good and evil deeds in life and then one must provide an accounting before God upon one\'s death.
God, frustrated with the wicked and greedy, sends Death to Everyman and summons him to account for his misdeeds and sins.
Everyman is the archetypal morality play, as the main character, Everyman, represents all of mankind.
Popular in Europe during the 15th and 16th century, morality plays were allegorical dramas in which the protagonists are met with the personifications of personal attributes and tasked with choosing either a good and godly life or evil.
Written in Middle English during the Tudor period, Everyman is the most famous example of the medieval morality play
