MORALITY PLAY project

I’m trying to learn for my Art & Design class and I’m stuck. Can you help?

GROUP PROJECT: Apply the knowledge you’ve gained about Vernacular Dramas of the Middle Ages, from the assigned reading, the power point, videos, and script of Everyman, and invent a contemporary MORALITY PLAY for 2020.

DISCUSSION: In your group, have a discussion about moral issues of today.

DISCUSSION: Choose one present day morality issue or one of the 7 deadly sins to base the plot of your morality play on.

DISCUSSION: Invent a story that will teach a lesson about this issue.

TURN IN ONE DOCUMENT FOR YOUR GROUP AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

1. List of Group Members
2. Title of your Morality Play: give your Morality Play an appropriate title.
3. Write a synopsis of the Plot. Describe what happens in the play – in a brief, clear description. You DO NOT need to write an entire script.
4. The play must teach a moral lesson through the action of the play. What is the moral lesson of your contemporary Morality Play?
5. List the Names of Characters: Remember, in Morality Plays the Character’s names describe their role in telling the moral lesson. For examples, refer to the character’s names in Everyman.
6. Describe the Costumes of the Characters. Remember, the Costumes in Morality Plays also describe the Character’s traits, positive and negative. For example if the Character’s name is Moneybags, his suit might be gold.
7. Identify a television program or movie that could be considered a Morality Play. Defend your ideas by explaining what similarities it shares with a morality play.

Rubric

Contemporary Morality Play Rubric

Use this copy of EVERYMAN as a reference for your Morality Play assignment.

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