... play. In each role, he portrayed a simple bystander in the midst of the chaos around him, mainly looking out for himself. The Common Man had many masters throughout A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS but was ultimately serving his own priorities. While the Common Man was the Steward and worked for More, he was loyal to his master if it suited him. He spoke to Cromwell, Chapuys, and Richard Rich ... much more concerned at the moment with putting food on the table than politics. Near the end of the play, the Common Man showed up as the Jailer when Sir Thomas was put in prison. The Jailer showed sympat...

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When one reads the play "A Man for All Seasons" one learns about a man named Sir Thomas More. He stood up for his belifes and didn't let others bend him to their will. It is a story of one mans struggle between his country and his conscious.. The trouble began for Thomas and others in England when Henry the eighth wanted ... when he has sinned? It was a sin, Thomas; I admit it; I repent. And God has punished me; I have no son Son after son she's brone me, Thomas, all dead at birth or dead within the month; I never saw the hand of God so clear in anything I have a doughter, she's a good chil...

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... matter what will keep straight his beliefs. A person who through thick and thin will keep the same frame of mind, a person who thinks their beliefs are worth dying for. That's what I think "A Man for All Seasons" is, someone who is willing to risk everything to not give in to what they are fighting against. There was one in the 1500's and that was Sir Thomas ... . Even though they are in different times of each other and obviously they have different things to fight for, they both share something in common, believing so deeply in their beliefs. Thomas More was a religious, well educated ...

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Your Royal Highness: This is the most difficult letter that I have ever had to write. You are my King, you are my sovereign you are my Lord but as you know I am a simple man, a man of truth and a man of honour. Even though it hurts me not to give you my oath it is the only path open to me. I really do not have any other choice. You counted on me , trusted in me and also believed in me. Now it was my turn to make you proud of me and I let you down, in some ways I feel like I am betraying you. The act of supremacy may seem a great idea but subconsciously it is against my principles I do not mean...

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