Sir Thomas More - A Unique Hero

“The world’s battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.” – Henry Ward Beecher Whether or not the statement by Henry Beecher is true, it is certainly well put when spoken in the context of martyr Sir Thomas More. This paper contrasts and classifies Sir Thomas More as a unique hero, when compared to society’s typical, …

…power, or some crusade, but for his own sanctity. It was for love and the good inherent in all people. His death did not mark the end of a traitor, but the birth of a legend, for his greater being lives on in the mind and hearts of people even today. He is a symbol of unyielding moral strength and courage, which no mortal person could destroy. Sir Thomas more is truly a unique hero.