What are the motifs in Everyman, and Medieval Miracle Plays by ?

Faith vs. Doubt is a recurring idea. In many of the pageants, dramatic conflict is based in (and defined by) a basic, common tension between faith in God and in doubt and denial of His supremacy. This is as evident in the first pageant ("The Rise and Fall of Lucifer") as it is in the last ("The Judgment"), as well as in "Everyman" and "The Death of Pilate." Granted, this conflict manifests in varying degrees of intensity and in some very surprising ways. The depth of Abraham's faith in God (in "Abraham and Isaac"), for example, almost comes across as more certain and more powerful than God's faith in himself, although there is an undeniable parallel here.