25. What were morality plays? What was the most famous morality play?

Morality plays depicted the life of an ordinary person, sometimes from birth to death. Along the way, the hero meets characters who symbolize abstract qualities, such as Vice and Virtue. Everyman is the most famous surviving morality play.

Morality plays depicted the life of an ordinary person, sometimes from birth to death. Along the way, the hero meets characters who symbolize abstract qualities, such as Vice and Virtue. Everyman is the most famous surviving morality play.