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Hutson, Makary Medieval Drama November 24, 2003 Consistent with the categorical definition of a medieval morality play, Mankind focuses on the externalized dramatization of a psychological and spiritual conflict faced by a universal main character. The main character, Mankind, has his inherent human weaknesses targeted and exploited by allegorical evil forces to convey a few defining themes. Although the play includes an abundance of humorous actions and lines, many of which are performed by the immensely humorous personified evils, Mankind was not written merely for entertainment value or farce. On the contrary, Mankind relies heavily on allegorical characters to illustrate serious themes concerning the temptation of sensual living, God's salvation of man, and humanity's free will to choose. The beginning of the play introduces Mercy, who immediately discusses God's sacrifice of his own son in order to attain redemption for all of mankind (ll. 7-16). His soliloquy regarding the redemption of man successfully highlights...

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