Everyman Conflict Essay

The major conflict of Everyman can be subjected to the protagonist and antagonists super objective. The protagonist is Everyman and by assuming that he is in the prime of his life, he tries to bribe Death because he assumes that he had more time to do virtuous acts. The antagonist is God and his servant, Death, acts out God’s will of good deeds in the world. The dramatic action can be referred to as the plot or action of the story. By this, having Everyman go on a journey to find accompaniment on his journey to death, it describes the hardships he will face. He will soon find that the physical things in life turn on him except the good deeds in life.
The stasis of a story can be defined in many ways, however, my favorite way of thinking is, …show more content…
Everyman has a fun spin to morality in it involving the characters: Messenger, Death, Everyman, Fellowship, Kindred, Cousin, Goods, Good Deeds, Knowledge, Confession, Beauty, Strength, Discretion, Five Wits, Angel, and the Doctor. Their names mean exactly what their role in the play is so by reading the characters names in the beginning you can assume Confession has a big part in the play and the resolution. The climax is when Everyman dies, however, he speaks, “In manus tuas...commendo spirtium meum” which means “into your hands, most mighty one forever, I commend my spirit.” He has confessed and watched most everyone abandon him so when he dies and the Angel takes him to heaven the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist has ended. Which leads right into the end stasis or the new stasis since the beginning of the play is nothing as it is at the end of the play. Everyman goes to heaven and the Angel speaks, "now the soul is taken the body fro, thy reckoning is crystal-clear. Now shalt thou into the heavenly sphere." So by that we can assume Everyman, by bringing out his good deeds and truly confessing now can go to heaven and so the Angel does indeed take him