The id has no regard for purity or how others perceive the body it plagues; it simply functions to attain forbidden pleasures and indulgences.
As a result, the allegory serves to emphasize this point both literally and figuratively; Goods cares only for goods. Harper and Mize continue, “Goods has simply acted according to his nature, which Everyman might have discerned has he been wiser…Clearly it is avarice that has gotten Everyman into trouble” (270). In short, Goods’ relationship with Everyman, or genuine lack thereof, elucidates the drive of Everyman’s id and apathy it exerts for his well-being. This is an ideal at the core of human nature; humans fixate largely on material sources of happiness that do nothing to benefit their collective …show more content…
This sinful behavior is, of course, strictly prohibited by the spiritual authority of God; his indulgence in this sense and inattention to acts of decency has a direct influence on the fate of his soul in the afterlife. Whether or not he will go to heaven or hell depends upon his reckoning. The deficiency of his reckoning, or the shortage of entries within his spiritual bill, is attributed to the control his id asserts in his habitual life. Initially, he is somewhat unwilling to let go of his prohibited indulgences. Upon petitioning Good Deeds to accompany him, Good Deeds …show more content…
Thus, neglect of Good Deeds and consumption with material, sinful pleasures signifies the lack of agency offered to his superego leading up to this moment of urgent spiritual redemption. Everyman’s psyche yielding to the id drive does not benefit salvation; the “love of goods” threatens Everyman’s spiritual redemption. He must now detach himself from Goods and literal goods and look to morally and socially favorable sources in hopes for redemption. This incites a shift in dominance within his psyche; the id receives less agency as his later actions are guided by fear of consequence.
However, acting as the negotiator between Everyman’s internal id and superego is his ego. His ego is self-aware and concerned with how the external world sees him. His ego cares for the fate of Everyman’s soul unlike his id; his id does not have the capacity to consider outside forces. This psychological delegate is concerned both with pleasure and with pleasing the rule-sanctioned
As a result, the allegory serves to emphasize this point both literally and figuratively; Goods cares only for goods. Harper and Mize continue, “Goods has simply acted according to his nature, which Everyman might have discerned has he been wiser…Clearly it is avarice that has gotten Everyman into trouble” (270). In short, Goods’ relationship with Everyman, or genuine lack thereof, elucidates the drive of Everyman’s id and apathy it exerts for his well-being. This is an ideal at the core of human nature; humans fixate largely on material sources of happiness that do nothing to benefit their collective …show more content…
This sinful behavior is, of course, strictly prohibited by the spiritual authority of God; his indulgence in this sense and inattention to acts of decency has a direct influence on the fate of his soul in the afterlife. Whether or not he will go to heaven or hell depends upon his reckoning. The deficiency of his reckoning, or the shortage of entries within his spiritual bill, is attributed to the control his id asserts in his habitual life. Initially, he is somewhat unwilling to let go of his prohibited indulgences. Upon petitioning Good Deeds to accompany him, Good Deeds …show more content…
Thus, neglect of Good Deeds and consumption with material, sinful pleasures signifies the lack of agency offered to his superego leading up to this moment of urgent spiritual redemption. Everyman’s psyche yielding to the id drive does not benefit salvation; the “love of goods” threatens Everyman’s spiritual redemption. He must now detach himself from Goods and literal goods and look to morally and socially favorable sources in hopes for redemption. This incites a shift in dominance within his psyche; the id receives less agency as his later actions are guided by fear of consequence.
However, acting as the negotiator between Everyman’s internal id and superego is his ego. His ego is self-aware and concerned with how the external world sees him. His ego cares for the fate of Everyman’s soul unlike his id; his id does not have the capacity to consider outside forces. This psychological delegate is concerned both with pleasure and with pleasing the rule-sanctioned