A Man For All Seasons

potential of human beings” (Webster’s Dictionary 1984, p. 340). In the play, A Man for all

Seasons by Robert Bolt, Thomas More is a humanist as he knows his own values, interests

and potential, and observes those of other people. Thomas More was a man who held onto

his values no matter what. Thomas More believed in what the church said greatly. The

king had a dispensation so that he would be able to marry Catherine. When the king

wanted a divorce without a true reason, Thomas More wouldn’t throw his beliefs away and

refused to say that he agreed with the divorce. When Thomas More refused to swear to the

act he was put in prison. He was charged with high treason and was beheaded.

Thomas More saw that the people in his country held no value on being true to

their religion, but he did. “Hear me out. You and your class have ‘given in’-as you rightly

call it-because the religion of this country means nothing to you one way or the other.” (p.

122). Thomas More knew that the people had given up something they once had claimed

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)