Game offers four main builds: Dexterity/Arcane, Intelligence, Faith, and Strength. Builds focus on specific weapons, spells, or attributes for maximum effectiveness
Messenger announces play's focus on transitory nature of mortal life. God summons Everyman for reckoning after people's sins. Death arrives, refusing Everyman's life-giving offer
Meaningfulness is something good for its own sake, distinct from happiness or rightness. Meaningfulness comes in degrees, not all or nothing. Meaning involves the classic triad of the good, the true, and the beautiful
Inferno is the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, describing his journey through Hell. Poem begins on Maundy Thursday, April 7, 1300, when Dante is 35 years old. Dante is guided by Virgil, who was sent by Beatrice to guide him
Sincerity means communicating and acting honestly with full feelings and desires. Latin "sincerus" derives from "clean" or "one growth". Alternative etymology links "sincerity" to "without wax" or Greek tribute story
Milton's epic poem published in 1667 with ten books, later expanded to twelve. Written through dictation after Milton became blind in 1652. Uses blank verse with metrical regularity but no rhyme