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ALLEGORY IN EVERYMAN

Allegory is a form in which objects, people and actions are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity, knowledge, or death. Thus, the allegory is a narrative in which the characters and action have two levels of meaning. It must make sense at both levels. All of the literal pieces must be suitable to tell a story, and all the symbolic pieces must fit together to teach a moral.
Everyman is a dramatized allegory. In the play Everyman is the allegorical figure of every man, he represents all mankind. He is summoned by the allegorical figure of death to a journey to God. Here, the first level of meaning is literal; a man is going on a trip, the second level is symbolic; Everyman’s life is a journey from birth to death, it’s a journey to his final reckoning. He represents all mankind......

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