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from everyman
everyman: alack! shall we thus depart indeed?
our lady, help, without any more comfort,
lo, fellowship forsaketh me in my most need:
for help in this world whither shall i resort?
fellowship herebefore with me would merry make;
and now little sorrow for me doth he take.
it is said, in prosperity men friends may find,
which in adversity be full unkind.
now whither for succour shall i flee,
sith that fellowship hath forsaken me?
to my kinsmen i will truly,
praying them to help me in my necessity;
i believe that they will do so,
for kind will creep where it may not go.
i will go say, for yonder i see them go.
where be ye now, my friends and kinsmen?
kindred: here be we now at your commandment.
cousin, i pray you show us your intent
in any wise, and not spare.
cousin: yea, everyman, and to us declare
if ye be disposed to go any whither,
for wete you well, we will live and die together.
kindred: in wealth and woe we will with you hold,
for over his kin a man may be bold
everyman: gramercy, my friends and kinsmen kind.
now shall i show you the grief of my mind:
i was commanded by a messenger,
read the excerpt from a paper on everyman.
at first, kindred says, \in wealth and woe we will with you hold,\ but
then he says, \as for me, ye shall go alone.\ this leads the reader to
conclude that kindred is shallow, contradictory, and possibly selfish.
the paper is
describing a fantasy.
defining a chivalric hero.
identifying an archetype.
analyzing a character.

Explanation:

The excerpt from the paper focuses on Kindred's statements and the conclusion drawn about his personality (shallow, contradictory, selfish). This is an analysis of Kindred's character, not about fantasy, chivalric hero definition, or archetype identification. So the paper is analyzing a character.

Answer:

analyzing a character.