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Everyman LRJ

Sarita Beekie, Ashley Fawkes, Thomas Kendrick, and Tyler Dixon
Ms. Peifer
10 IB - Hour 5
28 January 2009

Everyman LRJ

There are only a couple of themes that can found in the Everyman play. Religious themes, and moral themes (which are closely related to religious themes). This makes a lot of sense because plays written during the time Everyman was written (around the 15th century) were often sanctioned by the church.

The church wrote religious/moral plays like Everyman in order to illustrate a biblical story or a lesson in morality. Everyman is used to teach what, "every man" will be able to take with himself when he dies. When the main character Everyman is confronted by Death, he asks Fellowship to come with him when he dies, but Fellowship replies, "Whether ye have loved me or no, by Saint John I will not with thee go." (Everyman pg. 6) and at the end of the play, we find out that, "Beauty, Five-Wits, Strength, and Discretion, they all last do everyman forsake." (Everyman pg. 15), but Good Deeds says, "Nay, Everyman, I will bide with thee, I will not forsake thee indeed; Thou shalt find me a good friend at need." (Everyman pg. 14) and is the only character that follows Everyman to his grave.

Seeing how the theme of the play is based off of morals, that would mean that the moral of the play is the theme. That being said, the moral of this story is that if you do good deeds for others, those good deeds will be good to you even after you die. The entire theme of this play is based off of what concepts will matter at the end of your life, such as good deeds or good works, and which concepts won't, like the earthly possessions of beauty and strength, or fickle concepts such as fellowhship and discretion (according to the play).