Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons"

        Reading about individuals whose ways of life are dramatically different from our own provides readers with fresh insights into their own experiences and ideas. A reader of A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, may not be accustomed to the actions of the play's characters. Though, it is important to figure out and understand why the character reacts or acts as he/she does. This enables the reader to have a new or modified …

…point of view. By understanding someone else, one is enabled to compare himself/herself to that person. Literature facilitates this by giving the reader an omniscient view of the characters' actions. These characters may often be archetypes of extreme behavior, as in A Man for All Seasons. These characters allow the reader to turn the kaleidoscope on his/her life.          Work Cited Bolt, Robert. A Man for All Seasons. New York: Vintage Books, Random         House, 1962.(58,77,81,92)