All the characters are also allegorical, each personifying an abstract idea such as Fellowship, (material) Goods, and Knowledge. The conflict between good and evil is dramatised by the interactions between characters. Everyman is being singled out because it is difficult for him to find characters to accompany him on his pilgrimage. Everyman eventually realizes through this pilgrimage that he is essentially alone, despite all the personified characters that were supposed necessities and friends to him. Everyman learns that when you are brought to death and placed before God all you are left with is your own good deeds.CONTENTSINTRODUCTION EVERYMAN THE DELUGE ABRAHAM, MELCHISEDEC, AND ISAAC THE WAKEFIELD SECOND SHEPHERDS' PLAY THE COVENTRY NATIVITY PLAY THE WAKEFIELD MIRACLE-PLAY OF THE CRUCIFIXION THE CORNISH MYSTERY-PLAY OF THE THREE MARIES THE MYSTERY OF MARY MAGDALENE AND THE APOSTLES THE WAKEFIELD PAGEANT OF THE HARROWING OF HELL GOD'S PROMISES