Keller details that The Summoning of Everyman deviates from the typical moral conflict, stating that "Everyman, instead, focuses exclusively on the final phase of the moral narrative – the arrival of death. The play thus eliminates the usual struggle between good and evil for the soul of the protagonist. (2000). The author combines the presence of death, the inevitability of death, and the frightening specter of the "march toward death" to describe the nature of physical death in God's will as the consummation of all things. a morality play of the kind widely researched and produced. In it, the audience “… traces its hero from a state of sin and unpreparedness through repentance to a triumphant death, his salvation assured.” (Westburg, 1983). The author begins by describing a sovereign God who looks upon Earth with grave disappointment as he considers the disaster that characterizes everyone's lives. In response to this total depravity, God sent Death to summon the protagonist to the inevitable end of all life, to bring all things to their expected end, death. In Everyman, the anonymous author depicts death and the threat of its coming as the consummation of all things. Death is clearly seen as God's messenger, sent to convince Everyman and call the protagonist to account for his life. He is subordinate to the will of God and, like all messengers of Scripture, seeks only to do the will of God. The undeniable presence of Death creates the first conflict for Everyman. There seem to be mixed emotions among people about whether they would like to know the precise date and time of their death. Some may want to know how they would die. What is almost certain is that no...... middle of paper ......hmidt. Literature and spirituality. Boston: Longman, 2011. 265-87. Print.Burns Westberg, Dana. Everyone. Theater Journal 35.2 (1983): 250-52. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Internet. May 10, 2014. .Cicero, and Alexander J. Inglis. Essay on Friendship (laelius De Amicitia). Toronto: W. Briggs, 1908. Print. Dunn, E.C., “Everyman.” New Catholic Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Flight. 5. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 485-486. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Internet. May 10, 2014. Habermas, Gary R. Resurrected Jesus and Future Hope. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Pub, 2003. Print. Keller, James “Everyman.” Encyclopedia of medieval literature. Westport: Greenwood, 2000. Reference Credo. Internet. May 11, 2014. Ryan, Lawrence. Doctrine and dramatic structure in Everyman. Speculum 32.4 (1957): 722-35. JSTOR. Internet. May 10 2014. .