morality play

Noun

Meaning

an allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

masque show hit failure bomb dialogue morality mystery happening ballet miracle monologue flop melodrama extravaganza
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Antonyms

work success loss solution failure resolution
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Hypernyms

play drama dramatic play

Related terms

morality tale

Examples

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending. Bob Woodward

I am speaking of those years before the middle class took professional wrestling away from the working class and made of our morality play a mockery of ambition. Richard Rodriguez

Economics is not a morality play. Paul Krugman

Cambridge: Cambridge U P, 1994. 257. Print. Other plays that take on the typical traits of morality plays, but are rarely given the title of "morality play" are Hickscorner and The Second Shepherds' Play. Source: Internet

Dunca – that reminds me of a spoof I did on an old morality play in Lit. class. Source: Internet

She had already explored this area in her musical morality play, Ordo Virtutum, and the "Book of the Rewards of Life" takes up that play's characteristic themes. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

moralistically moralistics morality morality police morality tale moralization