What is the primary structural difference between Mystery plays and Morality plays?
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Correct answer: Mystery plays dramatize biblical history; Morality plays use personified abstractions to depict the soul's struggle
Mystery plays (Cycle plays) dramatize salvation history from Creation to Doomsday using scripture. Morality plays are allegories in which personified abstractions such as 'Mercy,' 'Vice,' and 'Everyman' battle for the soul of a representative human figure.
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