Rituals in Everyman and Endgame :: Comparison

Comparing Rituals in Everyman and Endgame Why do you do that?Do what?Make the symbol of the cross--you must be Catholic--I see them doing that altogether of the time. I was eager to know what my friends response would be.Yeah, she replied, I am. Its holy, respect for messiah and Mary. Sometimes we have to do it as penance after confession. interrogatively I asked, I dont get it. So you perform this ritual for diametrical reasons? What are you trying to accomplish when you do it, get into Heaven or scarcely overturn going to Hell? Or could it be that its just to do the same thing Catholics have always done?Rituals, no matter how major or minor they seem, can be pitch almost everywhere. Some are of a spectral context, and some are not. Some are performed for specific reasons, and some are performed simply to avoid change. The presence of rituals and their importance are very evident in the plays Everyman, compose by an anonymous writer, and Endgame, written by Samuel Beckett. Everyman tries to prepare for destruction and pull in his last goal of gaining entrance into heaven by changing his behavior through the ritualized acts of scourging himself and performing the seven blessed sacraments. In Endgame, Clov ritualistically looks out of the window to make sure that nothing has changed and that death, or anything else that may disrupt the characters exigent cycle of life, is not on the horizon. Hamm also resists change and attempts to avoid death by having Clov continually make sure that his chair is in the correct location so that death cannot find him in the wrong buns and sneak up on him. The rituals are very different, and the major direct contrast between those performed is that Everyman realizes that the coming of death is inevitable and he wants to do whatsoever necessary to prepare for it, but the characters in Endgame fear death, and sort of than prepare for it, try to avoid it by resisting any change to their daily routines.Everyman d oes not resist death and even prepares for it by performing the religious rituals of the seven blessed sacraments and scourging himself. Through the performance of rituals Everyman is trying to attain the ultimate goal of reaching Heaven. He finds that the only character that will keep company him on his journey is Good Deeds, but she is weak. This represents the idea that he has not done enough good during his life and must now do something to change.