Everyman Analytical Essay

The play Everyman, written by an anonymous author, first appeared in England during the Sixteenth Century. It is a morality play, which leaves its audience or readers something to ponder on. It is actually considered to be one of the greatest morality plays to this day. It seems as though the author wanted to remind the society, that death will come to everyman, death will not spare a single soul, and humanity needs to understand that, and prepare themselves. Nobody knows how long they will be on this Earth, as it says in Job 14:5, “Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, tho hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.” Henry Vocht, expert in English Literature, said he found the teaching of Everyman to be very important: “Like the mysteries, the …show more content…
He used characters like God, Death, Everyman, and Angel to kind of help the readers understand the play, and also used characters with human like attributes such as: Knowledge, Beauty, and Strength. It seems as though in the beginning Everyman had no interest in living a Holy life, he was content with his “Goods” which was his wealth, his earthly belongings, but in the end we see that he changes for the better. Everyman, who is one of the main characters in the play, represents all of mankind “a typical human being”. Death, who is another main character, is sent to the Earth as a messenger by God, and is supposed to summon Everyman so he would come before God’s judgement. Usually