A Man For All Seasons Guilty Parties

The making of a martyr is composed of many things, including death. Sir Thomas More only became a martyr recently, but he died over 400 years ago, and did so in much controversy. The dissension over his death has spawned the play A Man for All Seasons, in which the author, Robert Bolt, depicts his view of the tragic progression to More's death. In this play, King Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich, and Sir Thomas …

…Man for All Seasons; those that are most guilty that it came to pass are King Henry, Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich, and Sir Thomas More himself. Who of these is most guilty is a matter of opinion, but that these people are guilty of ending Sir Thomas More’s life is fact. From King to commoner each of these people played a vital role in the destruction of one man’s honest and righteous life.