Each character in The Pilgrim's Progress has a symbolic meaning. Match each character with the idea it represents.

Symbolic Meaning:

1. the search for religious truth

2. resistance and the inability to adapt to change

3. humanity's weak will and lack of resolution

4. God's ability to guide humans by sending messengers

Characters:

Evangelist

Obstinate

Christian

Pliable

1. the search for religious truth - Christian: the quest of a true Christian is to find God, and thus love and truth

2. resistance and the inability to adapt to change - Obstinate: obstinate means stubborn, so this is an obvious answer

3. humanity’s weak will and lack of resolution - Pliable: pliable means weak, easy to bend to somebody else's will

4. God’s ability to guide humans by sending messengers - Evangelist: evangelists are messengers, so this is again an obvious choice