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This 5 page report discusses the fact that 'Hamlet' (1604) and 'Everyman' offer an excellent comparison between styles and dramatic license of their authors but even more clearly, they show the differing attitudes and visions of the world from the perspective of medieval times as compared to modern. The dark brooding prince compared to the hapless Everyman demonstrate a combination of self-absorption and helplessness in the face of the spiritual realm and the questions it provokes. No secondary sources.
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even more clearly, they show the differing attitudes and visions of the world from the perspective of medieval times as compared to modern. For example, compare Everymans moral directives from
God and Death with Hamlets "imagination" as he dwells on the experience of seeing his fathers ghost: "Thy commandment all alone shall live / within the book and volume of
my brain" (Hamlet - I, 5, 745-793). Shakespeares characters are intimately aware of what is happening in their thoughts and bewildered by the depth and complexity by which they
are confronted. In itself, that is a significant comment on medieval versus modern world views. Thinking about thinking was an important process in modern intent. There was reason
to carefully and consciously consider ones own thoughts. In the time of "Everyman," ones thoughts were as suspect as ones individual morality.
Shakespeares unique originality and multi-faceted compositions were undoubtedly greater than that of the anonymous creator of "Everyman." However, "Everyman" presents its own aspects of originality in that
it reflects the mindset by which medieval sensibilities were governed. In "Everyman," nothing interrupts or distracts the steady progress of the somber and painstakingly somber narrative. "Everyman" is
truly a message or morality play determined to convey the fact that none of the material goods any human being (or "every man") acquires can be taken on the final
journey of death. Only the good a person has accomplished counts toward the ultimate redemption of the soul and pays the admittance fee to heaven. While such a
synopsis lessens the larger convictions and deep symbolism inherent in "Everyman," it still presents a telling overview of the religious experiences and spiritual awareness of "every man" in the late
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