A COMPARATIVE THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF EVERYMAN AND A HADITH

Abstract

This study attempts to carry out a thematic analysis of an anonymous morality play, Everyman and one selected Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Investigating the contents, characters, personification, motifs, and the themes in the texts, the paper highlights the both the convergent and divergent aspects of the works in question. By using thematic analysis framework, this study explored that both the texts are produced for a common purpose that is to instruct and educate the people to realise the ultimate fate of “Everyman” i.e. death. After death nothing can offers help except a person’s good deeds which will go with every person to the day of judgement and will save him from every hardship that comes in his way. Death, significance of the good deeds and the insignificance of the worldly things (beauty, family, friends, wealth etc. are the shared themes found out in this course of study.