What is the significance of the title of "Everyman" ?
Correct answer: B. The title is part of the morality play's attempt to make Christian struggles universal.
- A. The title suggests a long history of conflict between the government and the individual.
- B. The title is part of the morality play's attempt to make Christian struggles universal.
- C. The title alludes to other plays in the same cycle.
- D. The title suggests that faith-based issues are individual to each Christian.
Explanation
The name Everyman makes the protagonist representative of all human beings, turning one man’s trial into a universal Christian lesson about sin, repentance, and salvation. This universality is central to the morality play.
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