A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS!!! Quotes Bold --> indicates more important quotes ACT ONE "But every man has his price" - Richard Rich (page 2) "The friendship of Sir Thomas More. Or should I say acquaintance?" - Richard Rich (page 3) "A man should go where he wont be tempted" - More (page 4) "Good... well you dont need my help now" - More to Rich (page 7) "Sir Thomas‚ if only you knew how much‚ much rather I’d yours than his!" - Rich to More (page 7) "No‚ i dont recommend him; but I point
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A Man of All Seasons The movie starts off with Sit Thomas More objecting to King Henry VIII’s plan to divorce so he can remarry to have a son to be the next king. He wants to marry Anne Boleyn and More is the only one to argue against him. More says how the Pope will never grant him a divorce either. Wolsey suggests that they apply "pressure" in order to force the issue upon the Pope. More refuses to support Henry at all with this issue. More then goes home by boat and finds Richard Rich for him
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his wife‚ Catharine of Arigon. To look good in-front of his people‚ Henry asks Sir Thomas More‚ a well respected lawyer and citizen‚ to support the divorce. This presents Sir Thomas More with an inner conflict. In Robert Bolt’s play‚ A Man for All Seasons‚ Thomas More resists pressures exerted by Henry XIII through Thomas Cromwell‚ The Duke of Norfolk‚ and Alice More. These pressures involve Thomas More in a battle of will‚ in which he faces a moral dilemma. Thomas Cromwell‚ More’s clever
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In the play A Man for All Seasons‚ foreshadowing is used to hint at the death of Thomas More. Foreshadowing is a warning or indication of a future event. The foreshadowing shows through quotes from various characters throughout the play and even from Thomas More. King Henry wishes to divorce his current wife Catherine to be with another woman‚ but divorce is against the Catholic Church. In this case‚ King Henry needs all the support he can get to override the law of the church. He even goes as far
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A Man For All Seasons Quotes RICHARD RICH More: Why Richard‚ it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… but for Wales? -95 Rich: I would be steadfast. More: Richard‚ you couldn’t answer for yourself even so far as tonight. -38 Rich: I’m lamenting. I’ve lost my innocence. -44 Cromwell: You lost that some time ago. If you’ve only just noticed‚ it can’t have been very important to you. Rich: But every man has his price! -2 Rich: I’m adrift. Help me. -38 More: That’s a nice
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of activities we gain valuable experience which we can then use in other aspects of life‚ therefore it is important to complete tasks even if we do not feel that it will be as interesting or rewarding as a genuine challenge. Throughout “A man for all seasons” (Robert Bolt)‚ Thomas More is faced with an enormous personal challenge. He is an extremely generous human being and would give anyone‚ anything. However he has powerful beliefs and morals‚ which he shows the utmost respect for‚ and would not
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A Man For All Seasons Questions 1) Synopsis of the film. The film is set in England during the reign of Henry the VIII. Sir Thomas More is a very religious man who was recently appointed Chancellor. He got this position because of his good morals and honesty. When the King visits More‚ he says that he wants to divorce his wife‚ Catherine‚ because she has not given him any male heirs. More does not believe that he should get the divorce because he had already been granted two in the past and
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How does the Common Man enable the audience to understand the complexities of More’s character? Though A Man for All Seasons in itself is a complicated and sustained view into the lives of those surviving in England under a corrupt system‚ the Common Man is a vital element in the play that documents the inner struggles of a man torn between ‘political realities’ of the day and his faith and knowledge of his own character. By acting as a make shift chorus‚ the Common Man is able to persuade the
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William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons‚ passion and power dominate the characters‚ therefore developing the recurring theme that power leaves no space for moral duty. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth exemplifies the theme of passion and power versus morality. The play begins when three witches promise Macbeth‚ thane of Glamis‚ that he will inherit Cawdor and later become King. “All hail‚ Macbeth! Hail to thee‚ thane of Cawdor!” “All hail‚ Macbeth‚ that shalt be king hereafter
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