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“Every man has his price” - Show the part that corruption plays in ‘A Man for all Seasons’.
‘A Man for all Seasons’ by Robert Bolt is an influential play in which the themes of corruption, the self and friendship are dealt with. ... Moore is then sentenced to death but not before he is able to express his disappointment in a government that would kill a man for keeping quiet. ...
The Common Man narrates the play in a series of asides. ... The Common Man opens the play:
“Is this a costume? ... It barely covers one man’s nakedness!”
The Common Man dislikes having to open a play about royalty and the upper class. ... In this excerpt from a monologue at the end of the play’s first scene, the Common Man playing Moore’s servant, Matthew, predicts the conflict Moore will face in the play:
“My Master Thomas Moore would give anything to anyone. ... In the beginning the Common Man takes on the role of members of the lower class. Yet at the play’s end even the Common Man’s behaviour is reprehensible which causes us to rethink the opinions we have had on him all along. Although the Common Man takes up several different roles in the play in order to establish his universal nature, as the play progresses he actually develops into a coherent character. By the end of the play, the Common Man tells us that to be alive – regardless of the nature of one’s actions – is the one thing that counts the most.
Approximate Word count = 1158
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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