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everyman
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what will the play demonstrate? | the “transitory” nature of mortal lives and the ostensibly pleasurable but ultimately pernicious effects of sin |
| what will disapper after death? | Fellowship, Jollity, Strength, Pleasure, and Beauty |
| what does god summon everyman for? | “a general reckoning.” |
| why do people forget god? | By indulging in sin and material wealth |
| what is a reckoning? | a ledger that lists all the good and bad deeds |
| what does everyman initially do when confronted by death? | tries to bribe Death with money |
| what does everyman ask of death when his requests to live are refused? | if he can bring company on his journey |
| which friends refuse everyman? | His friends Fellowship, Kindred, Cousin, and Goods |
| why can't good-deeds help? | she is “so weak / That she can neither go nor speak.” |
| what has weakened good-deeds? | Everyman’s sins |
| what does does knowledge ask everyman to do? | to kneel before Confession and to ask him for mercy |
| what does everyman do after praying to further atone? | Everyman proceeds to punish his body |
| why does everyman punish himself? | since his pursuit of bodily pleasures led him to damnation, his suffering of “strokes and punishing” will save him |
| who else joins everyman on his journey? | Beauty appears with Discretion, Strength, and Five-wits, ready to assist Everyman |
| what does everyman promise his money will go to after his death? | charity |
| why does knowledge tell everyman to go to a priest before death? | for the holy sacrament and unction |
| what does five-wits say about priest's authority? | priests’ knowledge of the sacraments allows them exclusive access to “the key and…the cure / For man’s redemption.” |
| what are the seven sacraments? | baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, marriage, unction, and penance |
| who is everyman's only remaining friend when he is in his grave? | Good-Deeds |
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