A Man For All Seasons,by Robert Bolt (St. Thomas More)
Date Submitted: 12/25/2002 04:51:42
In Robert Bolt's Play, A Man For All Seasons, we are presented with a historical character of inexorable integrity, Sir Thomas More. More is drawn unwillingly into a situation where he must choose between expediency or his principles. More's decision is consistant through out the entirety of the play as he remains intensely loyal to his conscience and is unable to abandon his religious beliefs, even if it ultimately means his own tragic demise. The
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been easy). (Bolt xiii)
More did not choose martyrdom, but simply to remain true to his religious
beliefs, at any cost.
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