1. Basic facts about Mankind 2

1.1 Characters in the Morality Plays 2

1.2 The Author of Mankind 4

1.3 Sources and Analogues 5

1.4 The Staging of Mankind 5

2. A Summary of the Plot 7

3. The Significance of Mankind 10

3.1 An Interpretation of the "Court Scene" 10

4. The genesis of Shakespeare's theatre in Mankind 12

Works Cited 14

1.1 Characters in the Morality Plays

There are some obvious differences between the morality and the miracle plays. The latter did stress moral truths besides teaching facts

3.1 Interpretation of the "Court Scene"

Mankind has been linked to parts of the poem The Assembly of God, to parts of Piers Plowman, to the anonymous dialogue Mercy passeth Rightousness, and to a sermon on mercy in the 15th century homilists' manual Jacob's Well ; but there are mostly influences not sources. In fact doctrine and dramatic action are so skillfully blended in Mankind, that the author's use of any single, specific or non dramatic source is extremely unlikely to happen. So there are obviously a few works that might have influenced the author in the writing process.

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