Question

What do the following lines illustrate about the memento mori theme of the play Everyman? What role do beauty, friends, and family play in a person's salvation?

And forsake Pride, for he deceiveth you in the end.
And remember Beauty, Five-Wits, Strength, and Discretion,
They all at the last do Everyman forsake […]

Answer 1

These lines reveal that all worldly possessions, beauty, friends, and family desert Everyman on his last journey. They reflect the idea that the only possessions people take into the afterlife are their good deeds. The message conveyed by Everyman is that people should lead a pious life, keeping in mind that their actions on Earth will directly affect their experience in the afterlife. The play reminds people of the inevitability of death and urges them to live a life free of sin.

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Answer 2

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one:
(1) The theme of Memento Mori is that it is the "Art to Help You Meditate on Death and Become a Better Man." It focuses on a reflection on the meaning of the condition of short-term memory loss.
(2) The role do beauty, friends, and family play in a person's salvation is that they are there to help realize that man has to leave them when time comes for him to leave. At least, in the world, he was able to share all his miseries to them.