Asked by Bob

Which excerpt from Everyman best represents how Everyman is characterized overall in the passage?

It is said, in prosperity men friends may find,
Which in adversity be full unkind.
I believe that they will do so,
For kind will creep where it may not go.
For I have a great enemy, that hath me in wait,
Which intendeth me for to hinder.
But when I have most need, they me forsake.
I am deceived; that maketh me sad.

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"But when I have most need, they me forsake."

This line most clearly captures Everyman's overall characterization in the passage: abandoned and betrayed, lonely and sorrowful because the friends he trusted desert him in his time of greatest need.