The Dramaturge's Role In The Morality Play

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Throughout the morality play the dramaturge does a worthy job of teaching the communitas the Christian way of living and more importantly, dying or the Ars moriendi. The “Ars moriendi…seek to instruct the Christian in the practical technique of ding “well and surely”-…” (Beaty 2). This was the goal of the dramaturge in bringing the morality play for all of the communitas to see. It was common during the Middle Ages to teach both inside and outside of the church however, focusing on the same overall goal of teaching the Christian individuals how to live both in life and in death. The character, of Everyman representative of each member of the communitas, teaches the audience the important lesson of how they live their lives on earth will directly

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