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Everyman

March 16, 2023

For other uses, see Everyman (disambiguation).

The everyman is a stock character of fiction. An ordinary and humble character,[3][4] the everyman is generally a protagonist whose benign conduct fosters the audience's identification with them.

Actor Gary Cooper served as an idealized everyman during the "golden age of Hollywood", appearing as the protagonist in movies such as 1952's High Noon.[1][2]

Origin

"Everywoman" redirects here. For other uses, see Everywoman (disambiguation).
 
The Parable of the Good Samaritan features an everyman type character who suffers but receives compassion at the hands of the Samaritan.[5]

The term everyman was used as early as an English morality play from the early 1500s: The Summoning of Everyman.[4] The play's protagonist is an allegorical character representing an ordinary human who knows he is soon to die; according to literature scholar Harry Keyishian he is portrayed as "prosperous, gregarious, [and] attractive".[6] Everyman is the only human character of the play; the others are embodied ideas such as Fellowship, who "symbolizes the transience and limitations of human friendship".[6]

The use of the term everyman to refer generically to a portrayal of an ordinary or typical person dates to the early 20th century.[7] The term everywoman[8] originates in the same period, having been used by George Bernard Shaw to describe the character Ann Whitefield of his play Man and Superman.[9]

Narrative uses

An everyman is described with the intent that most audience members can readily identify with him. Although the everyman may have difficulties that a hero might, archetypal heroes react rapidly and vigorously by manifest action, whereas an everyman typically avoids engagement or reacts ambivalently, until the situation, growing dire, demands effective reaction to avert disaster. Such a "round", dynamic character—that is, a character showing complexity and development—is generally a protagonist.[10]

Or if lacking complexity and development—thus a "flat", static character—then the everyman is a secondary character.[citation needed] Especially in literature, there is often a narrator, as the written medium enables extensive explication of, for example, previous events, internal details, and mental content. An everyman narrator may be noticed little, whether by other characters or sometimes even by the reader. A narrating everyman, like Ché in the musical Evita,[11][12] may even address the audience directly.[citation needed]

List of examples

See also

 
Look up everyman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ^ a b King, Susan (April 29, 2001). "Back When Decency Was Glamorous". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Murrin, John M.; Johnson, Paul E.; McPherson, James M.; Fahs, Alice; Gerstle, Gary (2011). Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Volume 2: Since 1863. Cengage Learning. p. 764. ISBN 9781133171867.
  3. ^ "WordNet Search - 3.0". Princeton University. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Everyman - Definition". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  5. ^ Pickett, Howard (August 2012). "Theatrical Samaritans: Performing Others in Luke 10:25-37". The Journal of Scriptural Reasoning. 11 (1). Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Harry Keyishian, "Review of Douglas Morse, dir.,The Summoning of Everyman (Grandfather Films, 2007)", Shakespeare Bulletin (Johns Hopkins U P), 2008 Fall;26(3):45–48.
  7. ^ ""Everyman, n."". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  8. ^ collinsdictionary.com: everywoman,
  9. ^ ""Everywoman, n."". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "Common Character Archetypes" (PDF). University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts. University of Texas at Austin.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ a b Miller, Scott. "Inside Evita by Scott Miller". NewLineTheatre.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  12. ^ a b Gans, Andrew (February 10, 2012). "In upcoming revival of Evita, Che will be the "everyman", not Che Guevara". Playbill. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  13. ^ Gharraie, Jonathan (June 27, 2011). "Around Bloom in a Day". Paris Review. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  14. ^ Smith, Gavin (September–October 1999). "Inside Out: Gavin Smith Goes One-on-One with David Fincher". Film Comment. 35 (5): 64.
  15. ^ Bowman, James. "The Apartment". Ethics & Public Policy Center. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  16. ^ Crawford, Julie (February 8, 2019). "The Lego Movie 2 returns with a purpose". North Shore News. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  17. ^ Beach, Lisa A. (October 2016). "Good Grief! Lessons From Charlie Brown". Washington Parent. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  18. ^ Johnson, Barbara A. (1992). Reading Piers Plowman and The Pilgrim's Progress: Reception and the Protestant Reader. SIU Press. pp. 20. ISBN 9780809316533.
  19. ^ a b Jones, Brian; Hamilton, Geoff (2010). Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction. Infobase Publishing. pp. 62–63, 153. ISBN 9781438116945.
  20. ^ DiBello, John (October 24, 2011). "Bizarro Back Issues: Commissor Gordon vs. the Space Alien (1978)". ComicsAlliance.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  21. ^ . MSN.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  22. ^ Rickels, Laurence A. (1999). The Vampire Lectures. University of Minnesota Press. p. 28. ISBN 9781452903934.
  23. ^ Alfar, Paolo (January 24, 2020). "10 Most Memorable Hanna-Barbera Characters". ScreenRant.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  24. ^ Byrnes, Paul (November 16, 2016). "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them review: Fun but long-winded". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  25. ^ Scott, Hugh (June 7, 2019). "The 25 Best South Park Characters Ever, Ranked". CinemaBlend.com. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  26. ^ "Back to the Future Day: Where Were They Now (The Cast Then and Today)". Glide. October 21, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  27. ^ Chris, Ball (September 26, 2009). "New on DVD: 'Shrink,' 'Management,' 'The Patty Duke Show' and more". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  28. ^ Adkins, Leslie (May 13, 2009). . The Dartmouth. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  29. ^ Rodden, John (2007). The Cambridge Companion to George Orwell. Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780521675079.
  30. ^ . TheBiographyChannel.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  31. ^ Neibaur, James L. (February 28, 2007). . Rogue Cinema. Archived from the original on November 19, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

March 16, 2023
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For other uses see Everyman disambiguation The everyman is a stock character of fiction An ordinary and humble character 3 4 the everyman is generally a protagonist whose benign conduct fosters the audience s identification with them Actor Gary Cooper served as an idealized everyman during the golden age of Hollywood appearing as the protagonist in movies such as 1952 s High Noon 1 2 Contents 1 Origin 2 Narrative uses 3 List of examples 4 See also 5 ReferencesOrigin Edit Everywoman redirects here For other uses see Everywoman disambiguation The Parable of the Good Samaritan features an everyman type character who suffers but receives compassion at the hands of the Samaritan 5 The term everyman was used as early as an English morality play from the early 1500s The Summoning of Everyman 4 The play s protagonist is an allegorical character representing an ordinary human who knows he is soon to die according to literature scholar Harry Keyishian he is portrayed as prosperous gregarious and attractive 6 Everyman is the only human character of the play the others are embodied ideas such as Fellowship who symbolizes the transience and limitations of human friendship 6 The use of the term everyman to refer generically to a portrayal of an ordinary or typical person dates to the early 20th century 7 The term everywoman 8 originates in the same period having been used by George Bernard Shaw to describe the character Ann Whitefield of his play Man and Superman 9 Narrative uses EditAn everyman is described with the intent that most audience members can readily identify with him Although the everyman may have difficulties that a hero might archetypal heroes react rapidly and vigorously by manifest action whereas an everyman typically avoids engagement or reacts ambivalently until the situation growing dire demands effective reaction to avert disaster Such a round dynamic character that is a character showing complexity and development is generally a protagonist 10 Or if lacking complexity and development thus a flat static character then the everyman is a secondary character citation needed Especially in literature there is often a narrator as the written medium enables extensive explication of for example previous events internal details and mental content An everyman narrator may be noticed little whether by other characters or sometimes even by the reader A narrating everyman like Che in the musical Evita 11 12 may even address the audience directly citation needed List of examples EditThe anonymous Common Man of Robert Bolt s play A Man for All Seasons 1960 citation needed Leopold Bloom of James Joyce s novel Ulysses serialized 1918 1920 published in its entirety in 1922 13 The anonymous narrator of Chuck Palahniuk s novel Fight Club 1996 and its movie adaptation 1999 14 C C Bud Baxter of Billy Wilder s movie The Apartment 1960 15 Emmet Brickowski of The Lego Movie 16 Charlie Brown of Charles Schulz s comic strip Peanuts 17 Che in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber s musical Evita 11 12 Christian of John Bunyan s book The Pilgrim s Progress 1678 18 Norman Dale of the film Hoosiers Arthur Dent of Douglas Adams novel The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy novels 19 James Gordon in DC Comics 20 Jim Halpert in the television series The Office 21 Jonathan Harker of Bram Stoker s novel Dracula 1897 22 George Jetson of the cartoon television series The Jetsons 23 Will Kane of Fred Zinnemann s movie High Noon 1952 1 2 Jacob Kowalski of J K Rowling s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them books and movies 24 Stan Marsh of the cartoon television series South Park 25 Joe Martin of the television series All My Children citation needed Marty McFly of the movie Back to the Future 26 Ted Mosby of the television series How I Met Your Mother 27 28 Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy s book and film series known as the Ryanverse 19 Winston Smith in George Orwell s novel Nineteen Eighty Four 1949 29 Egbert Souse in Edward F Cline s film The Bank Dick 1940 30 31 See also Edit Look up everyman in Wiktionary the free dictionary Average Joe wholly average person Commoner person neither nobility royalty nor priesthood Elckerlijc Dutch medieval morality play Everyman s right freedom to roam Kafkaesque everyman being overwhelmed by vast dehumanizing social labyrinth Man on the Bondi tram hypothetical reasonable Australian Person having ordinary skill in the art John Q Public generic hypothetical common man Reasonable person term helping a jury interpret a law s wording Straight man T C Mits acronym for the celebrated man in the street The man on the Clapham omnibus hypothetical reasonable person Ze Povinho Portuguese everymanReferences Edit a b King Susan April 29 2001 Back When Decency Was Glamorous Los Angeles Times Retrieved April 12 2020 a b Murrin John M Johnson Paul E McPherson James M Fahs Alice Gerstle Gary 2011 Liberty Equality Power A History of the American People Volume 2 Since 1863 Cengage Learning p 764 ISBN 9781133171867 WordNet Search 3 0 Princeton University Retrieved April 11 2020 a b Everyman Definition Merriam Webster Retrieved April 11 2020 Pickett Howard August 2012 Theatrical Samaritans Performing Others in Luke 10 25 37 The Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 11 1 Retrieved April 14 2020 a b Harry Keyishian Review of Douglas Morse dir The Summoning of Everyman Grandfather Films 2007 Shakespeare Bulletin Johns Hopkins U P 2008 Fall 26 3 45 48 Everyman n Oxford English Dictionary Retrieved October 26 2021 collinsdictionary com everywoman backup Everywoman n Oxford English Dictionary Retrieved October 26 2021 Common Character Archetypes PDF University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts University of Texas at Austin a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b Miller Scott Inside Evita by Scott Miller NewLineTheatre com Retrieved April 15 2020 a b Gans Andrew February 10 2012 In upcoming revival of Evita Che will be the everyman not Che Guevara Playbill Retrieved April 15 2020 Gharraie Jonathan June 27 2011 Around Bloom in a Day Paris Review Retrieved April 15 2020 Smith Gavin September October 1999 Inside Out Gavin Smith Goes One on One with David Fincher Film Comment 35 5 64 Bowman James The Apartment Ethics amp Public Policy Center Retrieved April 15 2020 Crawford Julie February 8 2019 The Lego Movie 2 returns with a purpose North Shore News Retrieved April 15 2020 Beach Lisa A October 2016 Good Grief Lessons From Charlie Brown Washington Parent Retrieved April 15 2020 Johnson Barbara A 1992 Reading Piers Plowman and The Pilgrim s Progress Reception and the Protestant Reader SIU Press pp 20 ISBN 9780809316533 a b Jones Brian Hamilton Geoff 2010 Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction Infobase Publishing pp 62 63 153 ISBN 9781438116945 DiBello John October 24 2011 Bizarro Back Issues Commissor Gordon vs the Space Alien 1978 ComicsAlliance com Retrieved April 15 2020 The Office Co Workers You d Love to Have Jim Halpert John Krasinski MSN com Archived from the original on October 19 2012 Retrieved April 15 2020 Rickels Laurence A 1999 The Vampire Lectures University of Minnesota Press p 28 ISBN 9781452903934 Alfar Paolo January 24 2020 10 Most Memorable Hanna Barbera Characters ScreenRant com Retrieved April 21 2020 Byrnes Paul November 16 2016 Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them review Fun but long winded Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved April 15 2020 Scott Hugh June 7 2019 The 25 Best South Park Characters Ever Ranked CinemaBlend com Retrieved April 16 2020 Back to the Future Day Where Were They Now The Cast Then and Today Glide October 21 2015 Retrieved April 15 2020 Chris Ball September 26 2009 New on DVD Shrink Management The Patty Duke Show and more Cleveland Plain Dealer Retrieved April 15 2020 Adkins Leslie May 13 2009 AS SEEN ON My new addiction How I Met Your Mother The Dartmouth Archived from the original on September 17 2011 Retrieved April 15 2020 Rodden John 2007 The Cambridge Companion to 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