What Are The Gluttony And Lechery Of The Seven Deadly Sins

Everyman is forced into the sacred arms of both Death and Angel throughout his journey. However, Everyman is also faced with several demonic characters throughout the play, all of whom he at one time called his friend. These friends showed Everyman who they really were in his time of greatest need. Along with dealing with the sacred Death and Angel, Everyman had to also encounter demonic characters as all do throughout their lives, portraying performing objects. Thus, making him more relatable to the audience members viewing the morality play. The dramaturge personifies the characters as performing objects throughout the play. The dramaturge portrays the characters that Everyman encounters to be friends of his but are really bringing to life the seven deadly sins, which undertake interest in dark play. The characters Cousin and Kindred are representative of Gluttony and Lechery of the seven deadly sins. Van Laan states; “Gluttony and Lechery, two sins which, as here, are normally coupled in medieval accounts. These two sins reappear in the refusals of Cousin and Kindred” (Van Laan 469). Kindred portrays Lechery in the morality play when he offers several suggestions to

When confronted with these characters they are forced to question—do I engage in these behaviors in my public and private performances? What will happen to me if, like Everyman I am forced to confront my day of reckoning long before expected? The morality thus portraying to the audience the important message that if they do not watch the way in which they live, their account book on their life may weigh heavily on the side of sin rather than religious living. The dramaturge uses the play and the allegorical figures within the play to teach the Christian audience that they must follow the conservative way of Christian living to be sent to heaven once they have