Comparing A Man for All Seasons to The Old Man and the Sea
Sir Thomas More is an important man in England. After the death of the Chancellor he becomes Chancellor and wants to do this job as good as possible. He is very strong in his beliefs and a very honest and patient man.
In the play ‘A man for all seasons’ the author included characters who are contrasts to Thomas More. Richard Rich visits More very often and he asks him for a job. As More got from a woman a cup and realizes later that it was a bribe he gives Rich the cup for selling it so that Rich gets money. More does not want to keep it because he has principles. He knows that Rich has no principles and does not care that it was a bribe. As More does not want to employ Rich, he turns away from More and perjures him.
Cromwell is the secretary of the king and his motto is to do everything for getting money or reaching his goals. More does not want to swear that he accept the divorce of King Henry and the fact that Henry is the new head of the church but he keeps silence and does not say his reason. So Cromwell tries to get information ag
All these characters enlighten the understanding of Sir Thomas More. They emphasize his great honesty but also his wrong belief that if he is honest, nothing can hurt him. He forgets that other people like Richard Rich can be dishonest and help punishing him.
As the old man goes out fishing again he sees a marlin. It is a strong fish and two feet bigger than the boat. Santiago fights three days with it and defeats it. But he is very tired and sad at the end as he sees the marlin dead because in the last few days it became like a friend to him. As he goes home with the marlin next to the boat he has fights with sharks. The sharks take him all meat from his fish and only the bones are left. As he come home every fishermen sees the bones of this great fish and is very sorry for Santiago.
Manolin, the fish and the sharks help to enlighten Santiago. The reader sees in him a proud and strong man who never gives up and has sometimes a little bit of luck. He never gets defeated because he has the trust in himself that he can defeat everything.
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