The Summoning of Everyman, also known as Everyman, is a famous morality play from the 15th century. The play discusses the question of salvation in Christianity, and it asks what it is that people should do in order to achieve it.
This play is considered a moral allegory. It is considered "moral" because it deals with questions of ethics. The play asks us to reconsider what it is that "good" and "evil" mean and what actions make a person "good" or "bad." Moreover, the play is considered an allegory because each character that is present in the story is meant to stand for an abstract idea. The author uses personification in order to turn ideas such as fellowship and knowledge into physical characters. The story is also an allegory because the main conflict of good and evil is personified as a conflict between different characters.
