Everyman was a play written in the fifteenth century that dealt with mortality (Unknown 265). The purpose of this play was to impart a thorough lesson to both learned and uneducated audiences (265). Although this play has been compared to others such as Pilgrim's Progress and Confessions, there is a big difference in how salvation is achieved (265). The latter works cited make it clear that salvation is received by grace through faith, while the former shows that salvation is the result of good works (265). The apostle Paul said to the church in Ephesus: “For by grace are you saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). The work begins with the death of the character evoked by God. The role that Death will play is to bring Everyman to judgment. Ultimately, Everyman must undertake a pilgrimage, which will lead him to the grave. Throughout the play we encounter the reality of what must be done and that judgment will come to all humanity before death. The apostle Paul wrote: “For w...