Everyman Analysis Essay

Everyman

EVERYMAN. O Jesu, help! All hath forsaken me.
GOOD DEEDS. Nay, Everyman; I will bide with thee. I will not forsake thee indeed; Thou shalt find me a good friend at need.
EVERYMAN. Gramercy, Good Deeds! Now may I true friends see. [855] They have forsaken me, every one; I loved them better than my Good Deeds alone. Knowledge, will ye forsake me also?
KNOWLEDGE. Yea, Everyman, when ye to Death shall go; But not yet, for no manner of danger. [860]
EVERYMAN. Gramercy Knowledge, with all my heart.
KNOWLEDGE. Nay, yet I will not from hence depart Till I see where ye shall become.
EVERYMAN. Methink, alas, that I must be gone To make my reckoning and my debts pay, [865] For I see my
It brings into focus what the play revolves around most, and puts the rest of the play together. In this section of the play right before Everyman climbs into his grave with Good Deeds, Everyman talks about how everyone he thought were friends to him abandoned him, and he recognizes Good Deeds for being the one person, despite his past of paying him no mind, to accompany him on his journey and to be with him until he reaches his grave, and the very end of his life. Good Deeds tells of how and why he is the only one to accompany him to meet his maker. This section justifies the reason behind why Good Deeds is the one to accompany Everyman to the grave, as well as past events in the
He makes the point, using himself as an example, that everyone that he loved most left him. Those he thought he could count on abandoned him. He went to Fellowship, Kindred and Cousin, and Goods, the people he loved most in life, and they all refused to accompany him. Beauty, Strength, and Discretion also neglected to be there for his journey. Even in the end, as shown in this section in line 859, Knowledge also leaves Everyman to face his grave alone, with no one but Good Deeds, who stays with him until the very end and helps him to seek