In Everyman, a didactic medieval morality play, the protagonist, Everyman, a name used as an allegory to represent the common member or society, is being pulled in conflicting directions by two desires, one his desire for worldly possessions, and the other his desire for salvation. It is this conflict that helps to illuminate the meaning of the work: teaching the means of society according to the tenets of the Medieval Church. ... In order to achieve salvation according to the Medieval Church one must perform acts of charity. ... It is this act of charity, which is greatly approved of b...

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