Literature often focuses on the afflictions of human nature rather than the delights. In Everyman a morality play, Everyman is a character whose faults are commonly called to attention. Everyman represents the common man. Perchance the author points out what is wrong to teach a lesson of what is right; for what is right will lead you to Elysium. The central theme combined with the allegorical characters and soliloquies reveal several downsides to Everyman's personality.
The central theme in Everyman is the ordinary man's journey and what account his afterlife will take. In other words, the common man will sin and the penance you seize will determine the quality of your life in the next world. "Ye think sin in the beginning full sweet/ which in the end causeth thy soul to weep/ when the body lieth in clay," says the messenger in the prologue using rhyme. A lot of times committing a sin can be very enjoyable but you will pay in the afterlife. Everyman comes to learn this valuable lesson throughout his journey. On the path to his reversal he says, "Wash from me the spots of vice unclean/ that on me no sin may be seen." Here he pleads for his mistakes to be forgotten so that he may begin his redemption. *.
Everyman is an allegory of the common man whose encounters with many other allegorical characters teach the readers valuable lessons. "Thy maker" expresses one of Everyman's chief flaws early on in the play. God says, they be so cumbered with worldly riches/ that need on them I must do justice."*Death is assigned as the messenger to give Everyman word of the Pilgrimage me must embark upon. He says in reference to Everyman, "His mind is on fleshly lusts and on his treasure/ and great pain it shall cause him to endure." Lust and Greed are two acts part of the seven deadly sins and Everyman possesses these vices. Everyman also encounters other characters such as Good Deeds, Knowledge, Beauty and Strength.
