I think the largest thing I noticed about Everyman was the
language. This is primarily because, though beautiful, it made it difficult for
me to follow the play. Even after re-reading it I don’t feel as if I’ve fully
grasped all the content.
The moral of this story was very clearly presented. I’m not
sure how I feel about this overt message in the play. I suppose how it was
performed could affect my opinion but it seems like it is either so obvious
that it looses it chance to make an impact by forcing the audience to explore
it or simply direct and therefore simpler to connect to and understand.
Personally, I did not enjoy this play. I did appreciate the ornate
language and can see how valuable this play is. However, the difficulty of the
language as well as the very serious tone made it hard to really have fun
reading.
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