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Is Sir Thomas More a true spiritual martyr, or is he just a clever political manipulator serving his own ends? In my thesis I will try to prove that More wasn’t just a man of God who was caught up in some unfortunate circumstances. I believe that he had more sinister motives in the back of his mind as he was standing up for what he believed. There was nothing that could change what he believed in. It even stated in the preface that More was “a man with an adamantine sense of his own self” (p. xii), insinuating that he knew exactly what he was doing throughout the entire play. Hopefully, with closer examination of the play “A Man For All Seasons” we’ll be able to determine what More’s true motives were. At the very beginning of the play you can observe some very peculiar actions taken by Thomas More. For someone who is considered to be “a clever man and a great lawyer” (p. xii), he made a very odd move in giving the silver cup, which was supposed to be a bribe towards him, to Rich. I believe that More knew exactly what he was doing when he offered Rich the silver cup. He was setting in motion the chain of events that would eventually lead to his down