Essays on Everyman

Reflections drawn upon the reading of the play ‘Everyman’ as far as the issue of Death is concerned– Analysis and Presentation in detail of the author’s perception of Death and the treatment of the issue of Death on his behalf in the play ‘Everyman’
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This research paper is to present you with the reflections drawn upon the reading of the play ‘Everyman’ in terms of the way Death is treated in this play on behalf of his author. The mentality of the author concerning the issue of Death as depicted in this particular play Continue reading...

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An unknown author wrote a morality play named ‘Everyman’ during the late fifteenth century. It is largely believed by historians that some monks or priests would have written this play.
Generally, morality plays were regarded as a collaborative effort by the clergymen and inhabitants, typically the tradesmen and the society members of the English town. With the passage of time, lines in the morality plays would get transformed, new ones added, and even the old ones get deleted. Thus, Everyman is perhaps the result of numerous authors and eras of literary progress.
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Presentation and Analysis of the author’s perception of death and the way death is treated as an issue in the play ‘Everyman’
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This paper is to present you with the issue of death and the way it is analyzed and presented to the readers and / or audience of the play ‘Everyman’. The way death is approached as an issue on behalf of the writer of the paly – who still nowadays remains anonymous - is mainly ironic and lies in the historical and sociological background of the year it was written.
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Oedipus the King

Oedipus The King tells the story of Oedipus, a young king who comes to wrestle with his past and his destiny, involving the inadvertent and unknowing murder of his father, and the marrying of his own mother. When searching for the murderer of the former king Laius, he finds out that he had, in fact, killed the man in a brawl some time ago, and taken his wife and kingdom as reward for another journey. He settles into life with Jocasta and the kingdom of Thebes, not knowing what he had truly done. Eventually, he learns that Laius was Continue reading...

Everyman is normally considered one of the best morality plays, a fine example of this particular genre of medieval drama. In this unattributed work, the eponymous Everyman, is sent to God by Death to answer for the materialism and shallowness of himself and the human race. Everyman, wishing to bargain for more time in order to make proper account for his life, consults with the various people/forces that are important to him to find companions on his journey. On its surface, the play is a standard morality play that emphasizes the importance of being a good person, loving God Continue reading...

Abstract

This paper puts Everyman in the wider context of medieval drama and discusses the ubiquity of memento mori in medieval culture – in the visual arts and in drama. It goes on to examine the ways in which is presented as the catalyst for all the vents in t he play and demonstrates that the presentation of Death i s wholly consistent with Catholic doctrine – which is also examined in full. Death’s interaction in the play with God and with Everyman is examined and finally there is reference to Shakespeare and his alleged debt to the Morality play tradition.

Key words: Death, mortality, catholic doctrine, Good Deeds, repentance, dance of death, Morality Plays

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Emotions. Both the plays invoke different kinds of emotions in a viewer with respect to their themes and underlying meanings. Both plays are about redemption and the value of good deeds in order to achieve it. In Shepherd’s Play, the shepherds’ spiritual side is veiled under their material burdens, but the general tone of complaint is something anyone can relate. It invokes feelings of self-pity, as Coll so deftly puts it in the beginning of the play

We are so hammed,
Fortaxed, and rammed,
We are made hand-tamed
With these gentlery-men. (Shepherds' Play 23-26)
While Mak’s story is seemingly unrelated, we Continue reading...

Chapter 12 : Christianity and the Medieval Mind

- The seven sacraments are:
- Baptism – symbolizes the beginning of the commitment to God and the reborn as sons of God. It symbolizes death to sin and resurrection with Christ.
- Eucharist – It is the body and blood of Jesus who gives to men as food for eternal life.
- Reconciliation – through repentance and confession of sins, men ask God for forgiveness and He offers through this sacrament new life. Through this sacrament the state of Grace is recovered.
- Confirmation – it symbolizes the deepening of the commitment with God. The Holy Spirit is received together with all Continue reading...

What does the speaker mean when he says, “I’ve known rivers.”?

‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’ by Langston Hughes was first published in 1921 and is a very profound poem in which Hughes seems to speak as an African American (certainly not a white European) Everyman. In order to understand what the poem means, it is necessary to consider the importance of rivers in human culture and civilization, but also the very broad sweep of human history over several thousand years. In pre-historic times human settlements had to be located next to rivers: they provided water for Continue reading...

Abortion involves elimination of foetus from the uterus of the mother, right before it becomes viable. Strictly speaking, abortion means putting an end to pregnancy. In some cases miscarriage can also occur, which is also known as spontaneous abortion. People (parents) go for abortion when they do not want a baby and/or have it if both of them are willing to. In many cases a mother wants to have a baby and the father does not and vice-versa. In this controversial case who is an authoritative to make the decision. Should it be the mother who actually carries the Continue reading...

Chuck Close’s “Frank”: Everyman as Art

The late author Douglas Adams said that art is holding a mirror up to the Universe – although he then pointed out that there was not a mirror big enough, since the Universe was infinite in size. So what’s an artist to do? American artist Chuck Close brings that mirror down to size by making his subject huge. In “Frank” (1969), a grey-toned acrylic painting of a black-and-white photograph, an everyday man becomes a monumental work of art. Close shows that the everyman is just as valid a subject for art than classical themes or the upper class.
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Communication

Life and death understanding
Life is the basic existence of humankind. The mere action of human beings in light of breathing and performing normal societal actions define life. The concept of life is a processional phenomenon that starts at the fertilization of a sperm and an ovum. The embryo undergoes a prenatal phase, peri natal phase and a postnatal phase, which is the longest external affiliation of humankind. As the development heightens, the person creates experiences through life activities, actively and circumstantially designed by the society. The final phase of human life occurs when a person stops breathing and Continue reading...

Phonetic transcriptions illustrate that there are various pronunciation in various accents of English. It is important to note that despite the word being spelled out the same, the fact remains that its pronunciation dictates the region or the culture that any English speaker hails from. The basic spelling of a word cannot be used to explain how a word should be pronounced. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a special system that is used in conducting transcription of an English word in different accents. A good example of a phonetic transcription is the word no. According to the IPA Continue reading...