How Does Everyman A Morality Play

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In the Morality Play called Everyman by Anonymous Everyman represents mankind. Everyman seems to be living a sinful life and then when approached by death attempts to bribe him with “a thousand pounds of shalt” which is money , when death tells him who he is and who sent him. When Death tells Everyman about Gods plan to take the journey of death Everyman responds by saying he is not ready then begins to plead and beg God for mercy and asks for more time but is denied such time. Everyman then asks if he can have someone to accompany him along this journey.

The Moral of the lesson that the author was trying to teach was that you cannot forget who created

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