a man for all seasons

             In this play there are people who are against Thomas More. The people against
             him are the people who persecuted him. Cromwell was one of the leaders of the people
             who persecuted Thomas More. Cromwell said "When the king wants something done, I
             do it". I think Cromwell said this because he did not want his head to be cut off so all he
             The author said "More is a man of an angels wit....and a time requireth a man of
             marvelous mirth and pastimes; and sometimes of as sad gravity: a man for all seasons". I
             truly believe this is the truth. One of the men was Rich, a confused young man who
             wanted to have power. He said "but every man has his price... in money too, or pleasure,
             titles, women, bricks-and-mortat, there's always something".
             The people Thomas More associated with to me were ordinary people. I think the
             ordinary people were Thomas More, his family, and a few other friends. First they
             thought he was doing the right thing by following his true believes, but then they tried to
             convince him to stop because he had already made his point about the law and his religion.
             Bolt characterized him as a man as a man who could never give up until his word had
             gotten across to the foolish people. This would have worked for More if the rest of the
             departments even the members of the church had stuck with him. But only the foolish get
             "Yes what would you do? Cut a great road through the law to go after the devil?"
             This is what More said. I think this shows that More is different than the people against
             him. In More's last words he said to Margaret " in matters of conscience the loyal subject
             is more likely to be loyal to his conscience than to any other thing". In my opinion More
             is a saint because he never let go of his beliefs in the law and his fa
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