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(person) by freezeup (3.3 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:03:37

A literary device. The everyman is a character who stands for every man (or, in these politically correct times, every person. He is the average guy, the man in the street, John Q Public, the man on the Clapham omnibus, you, me, everyone.

Seen in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.


(thing) by Pantsless Bob (2.3 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Fri Sep 27 2002 at 23:50:58

Also, a morality play of the same name, written sometime around, but after, 1485. Basically the drama covers the end of the life of Everyman, who is a metaphor for, obviously, every man. Everyman must go on a pilgrimage to redeem himself in Judgment, namely by having a witness tell of his good acts. I will not spoil the whole thing for you, but the moral of the story fits nicely into a one-liner: Regardless of your class, your wealth, and your morality, you will eventually only be saved by your good priest and your good deeds. While heavily biased towards Catholicism, the generalization to Christianity isn't a big stretch.


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