Otherworldliness and the trappings of the material world in medieval ethical quality plays 'Some strict writings appear to discover it moderately simple to separate from the material world. Some more, be that as it may, get their dynamism from the trouble of doing as such.' 'See not the earth, however lift your eye up', [30] Mercy lectures in the opening of Mankind, one play among a corpus of Medieval ethical quality plays managing otherworldly emergencies in figures illustrative of humankind. Kindness' line communicates concisely the profound quality play's instructional reason; urging a group of people to see and think past the interruptions of the material world and, in Richard Proudfoot's words, 'persevere in righteousness till death', that is, be faithful to that which is unimportant, for example, God and paradise.
