Is Sir Thomas More a true spiritual martyr?

serving his own ends? In my thesis I will try to prove that More wasn’t just a man of

God who was caught up in some unfortunate circumstances. I believe that he had more

sinister motives in the back of his mind as he was standing up for what he believed. There

was nothing that could change what he believed in. It even stated in the preface that

More was “a man with an adamantine sense of his own self” (p. xii), insinuating that he

knew exactly what he was doing throughout the entire play. Hopefully, with closer

examination of the play “A Man For All Seasons” we’ll be able to determine what

At the very beginning of the play you can observe some very peculiar actions taken by

Thomas More. For someone who is considered to be “a clever man and a great lawyer”

(p. xii), he made a very odd move in giving the silver cup, which was supposed to be a

bribe towards him, to Rich. I believe that More knew exactly what he was doing when he

offered Rich the silver cup. He was setting in motion the chain of events that would

refusal to “swear to the Act of Succession” (p. 83), causes everyone around him a great

chance telling him “your life is in your own hands” (p. 91). More replies:

closer inspection, I believe that I was able to prove that he wasn’t the true spiritual martyr

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