Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons": Reasons For A Person's Actions
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Reading about individuals whose ways of life are dramatically
different from our own provides readers with fresh insights into their own
experiences and ideas. A reader of A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt,
may not be accustomed to the actions of the play's characters. Though, it
is importan ....
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.... me for
fellowship?"(77). He adheres to his philosophy and conscience, knowing
that he will inevitably be executed. One who is reading this may reply by
thinking More's decision was asinine. The reader may believe that life is
the greatest value to man, and to place anything above it would be asinine.
More's behavior was bizarre even to his own time period. His daughter,
Margaret, pleaded for him to sign the oath, "Then say the words of the
oath and in your heart think otherwise"(81). He ....
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