John Watkins also suggests that the principal vices in medieval morality plays, avarice, pride, extortion, and ambition, throw anxieties over class mobility into relief.Watkins, John. "The Allegorical Theatre: Moralities, Interludes, and Protestant Drama." In The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature, ed. David Wallace, 767–92, at 767-68. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Fifteenth-century plays like Occupation and Idleness and later morality plays (commonly considered Tudor interludes, like John Skelton's Magnyfycence) portray class-mobility positively. Whether for or against class mobility, morality plays engage with the subject. Other, smaller commonalities include audience participation, elaborate costuming, the virtue of labour, and the governance of the body/passions by the soul/reason in the service of Catholic virtue, money management, or the proper methods of governing a state.
John Watkins also suggests that the principal vices in medieval morality plays avarice pride extortion and ambition throw anxieties over class mobility into reliefWatkins John "The Allegorical Theatre Moralities Interludes and Protestant Drama" In The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature ed David Wallace 767–92 at 767-68 Cambridge University Press 1999 Fifteenth-century plays like Occupation and Idleness and later morality plays (commonly considered Tudor interludes like John Skelton's Magnyfycence) portray class-mobility positively Whether for or against class mobility morality plays engage with the subject Other smaller commonalities include audience participation elaborate costuming the virtue of labour and the governance of the body/passions by the soul/reason in the service of Catholic virtue money management or the proper methods of governing a state