Everyman

Survey of English Literature I Kachramani Filia Professor : Dr.Zengos EVERYMAN Everyman is a medieval morality play written near the end of the 15th century by an anonymous author. The morality plays were created in the bosom of the church, and their main purpose was didactic, that is, to instruct every individual in the Christian way of life and the Christian attitude towards death, so that he or she could save their soul. In order …

…him, for it is never too late. Each person, while they are still alive, can make amends for their sins and ask for mercy, "For after death amends may no man make" (l. 912), and it is important to live their life by keeping in mind that they live in order to die, without knowing when exactly that time would come, which makes it imperative for every person to be prepared for the day of reckoning.