morality play

any of a class of allegorical dramas of the 15th and 16th cent., the characters of which personify abstractions, as Everyman, Vice, Virtue, etc.

See morality play in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A drama in the 15th and 16th centuries using allegorical characters to portray the soul's struggle to achieve salvation.
Something viewed as exhibiting a struggle between good and evil and offering a moral lesson.

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