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A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt Abstract Analysis of characters Comprehension Robert Bolt Robert Bolt was born in 1924 in Manchester, England. In 1941, he began working at an insurance agency. Later, he attended Manchester University, served in the Royal Air Force, and fought in World War II. After the war, Bolt worked in England as a schoolteacher until 1958, when his play Flowering Cherry met with success and critical acclaim. He wrote A Man for All Seasons in 1960. Abstract This is a real story happened in 16th century in England. Henry VIII, hinges on Henrys determination to break with Rome so he can divorce his current wife and wed again, and good Catholic Mores inability to go along with such heresy. More resigns as chancellor, hoping to be able to live out his life as a private citizen. But at last was killed by Henry. ( In preface showed four motives that why Henry wanted to divorce his wife.) Thomas More The protagonist of the play. Bolt’s More is a man who gives up his life because he cannot sacrifice his own commitment to his conscience, which dictates that he not turn his back on what he believes is right or on God. To More, a man’s conscience is his self, so he refuses to betray his own conscience even on pain of death. King Henry VIII? The king of England, It is very important to Henry that others think of him as a moral person, and he therefore cares greatly about what More, a man of great moral repute, thinks of him. Henry, who believes that he can force everyone, including the pope, into validating his desires, wants to put his conscience at ease by forcing More to sanction the king’s divorce from Catherine. Duke of Norfolk? More’s close friend. betraied his friendship with More. A large and rather?simpleminded man, he is often too stupid to know what’s going on, and he is innocent relative to?Cromwell. Alice More? More’s wife. A conflicted character, Alice spends most of the play questioning why her husband