A Man For All Seasons, written by Robert Bolt was a stunning play during the time of Henry VIII and Golden Hope of the New Learning throughout Europe. More was put into a situation where he had to choose between expediency or his principles. His decision is consistent through out the entire play.
             The King of England wanted to have a treaty signed to allow him to marry once again. A person by the name of Sir Thomas More was a person of power and had some type of authority in the church. The king was asking for this treaty to be signed because of the position he was in. He had already married, but his wife could not produce a male heir. The king was a friend of Sir Thomas, but Sir Thomas knew better than to sign the treaty in his favor, even though everybody else had been "forced" to sign it. He would not sign it even after being charged with treason, put in jail, and taken away from his family; he never wanted to give into what they wanted him to. After having a trial being accused of high treason, he was found guilty by a jury. His punishment was to get his head chopped off.
             After reading A Man For All Seasons, I have changed in the way I think of our government. I appreciate the way the United States government does not make the citizens do anything they do not want to do. Unlike, during the time of this play, Sir Thomas died because he did not want to sign a treaty.
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