A Man for All Seasons Group

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charliiie
charliiie
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High School - 12th Grade

In the play "A Man for all Seasons", who is the man for all seasons?

Is it the common man, Sir Thomas More, Richard Rich, Cromwell or the king?

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Posted by charliiie on Wednesday July 29, 2009 at 4:43 PM and tagged with characters, reference, robert bolt, theme.

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  1. mwestwood
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    Community / Jr. College

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    An author, humanist, and lawyer who rises to being lord chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More is "The Man for All Seasons." A man is his forties, More is a witty man who is a loyal Englishman.  Yet, as a devout Catholic, More will not compromise his beliefs, and refuses to accept Henry VIII's break with Rome over his divorce and remarriage.  He dooms himself in this refusal, becoming a prisoner and finally a martyr for his convictions.

    Saint Thomas More was respected throughout Europe for his intellectual and moral integrity, for his refusal to submit his immortal soul to the rule of a secular king.  Truly, he was a man in all situations, a man for "all seasons."

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    Posted by mwestwood on Wednesday July 29, 2009 at 9:17 PM