Morality Play Definition

noun
Any of a class of allegorical dramas of the 15th and 16th cent., the characters of which personify such abstractions as Everyman, Vice, and Virtue.
Webster's New World
Something viewed as exhibiting a struggle between good and evil and offering a moral lesson.
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Other Word Forms of Morality Play

Noun

Singular:
morality play
Plural:
morality-plays

Morality Play Sentence Examples

  • The descendants of one of these, Henry, known only for his translation of an Italian morality play Freewyl (Tragedio del Libero Arbitrio) by Nigri de Bassano, settled at Pyrgo in Essex.

  • Instead of producing a drama-documentary of events, Spielberg manages a limp morality play which becomes very tiresome.

  • Fahrenheit 451, his most famous novel, is the only one he considers to be true science fiction, and a case could be made that it is really a throw-back to an earlier form of literature, the morality play.

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