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| Word Cloud of the Good Deeds of Everyman |
Time for some initial analysis of the Good and Bad Deeds presented by Everyman audiences. The data set is incomplete at the moment, as there are more Bad Deeds as yet not inputted - and there's more sifting of categories and placement. Some answers cross over a number of Good and Bad Deeds and some are just unclassifiable - and this isn't a full survey - we're only asking people to name one Good and Bad Deed and not a number of them, ranked in order of severity - and people forget or deny their deeds - but I think we can identify some trends.
Good Deeds
Saving a Life, Helping Animals and Patience with Idiots all came in at 3% each.
Smiling as a Good Deed comes in at 5% (Which is a very interesting quirk - because is smiling a good deed, or even necessarily a good thing?)
Lots of people stated inner aims as Good Deeds - almost aspirations, rather than active Good Deeds (thinking well of others, trying not to be selfish etc) - these came in at a joint 6% along with classifiable abstract or joke responses, as well as Caring for the Sick.
Volunteering or Charity Work - 9%
Donating Money or Goods - 14%
Lots of people stated inner aims as Good Deeds - almost aspirations, rather than active Good Deeds (thinking well of others, trying not to be selfish etc) - these came in at a joint 6% along with classifiable abstract or joke responses, as well as Caring for the Sick.
Volunteering or Charity Work - 9%
Donating Money or Goods - 14%
But, by far the most common were Little Kindnesses at 45% - many of which involve Wheelie bins.
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| Word Cloud of the Bad Deeds of Everyman - a few slightly random words, isolated from context, raise more questions than answers... |
Bad Deeds are easier to classify - fitting into the classic seven deadly sins, or into a 'Thou Shalt Not' Commandment. By and large we admit to violent thoughts or deeds, accompanied with a fair amount of lying and cheating. On the plus side, Pride, classically the worse sin, isn't in much evidence. (Though you could argue that by writing a Good Deed you are giving into Pride - the list of Good Deeds can feel uncomfortably like bragging at times, but that can't be helped because of the nature of the exercise. It would be different if I only asked for a Bad Deed and people insisted on telling me their virtues. By and large the audiences have struggled to think of a Good Deed and struggled to choose a Bad Deed, which either suggests we're all hopeless sinners, or that we're simply more aware of doing harm and dismiss our basic niceness. I prefer the latter assumption, it's less judgemental.)
Pride 3%
Lechery 9%
Sloth 10%
Gluttony 13%
Theft 14%
Lying & Cheating 23%
Wrath 28%
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Leavenheath Village Hall - Sunday 5th April at 6pm
Hundon Village Hall - Monday 6th April at 7.30pm
Creeting St Mary Jubilee Hall - Tuesday 7th April at 7.30pm
Assington Village Hall - Thursday 9th April at 7.30pm
Brettenham Village Hall - Tuesday 14th April at 7.30pm
Steeple Bumpstead Village Hall - Wednesday 15th April at 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Chilton - Sunday 19th April at 3pm
Boxted & Hartest Institute - Monday 20th April at 7.30pm
Stisted Village Hall - Wednesday 22nd April at 7.30pm
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