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Is Sir Thomas More a true spiritual martyr?
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
Approximate Word count = 1011
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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