Question

In the passage "Everyman", what does the passage imply about cousin?

Answer 1

When Everyman first asks Cousin if he will go with him, Cousin seems very loyal saying, "We will live and die together." But when Cousin finds out where Everyman is going, he begins to chicken out and says that he cannot go with Everyman. He seems to be making excuses, but overall, I think that Cousin does not trust himself to go through with it, that he is not trustworthy and would deceive Everyman in his greatest need.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C, as Cousin is making excuses to avoid accompanying Everyman.

Everyman calls Kindred and Cousin and asks them to go with him on their journey to God, but both refuse to do so. Cousin explains a fundamental reason why nobody will join Everyman: people also have their own accounts to write, their own lives to develop.

While his reasons are true, in the story they work as an excuse of why he does not accompany Everyman.