A Man For All Seasons Character Analysis

A Man For All Seasons, is a play by Robert Bolt. What would one expect a common man to expose the truth about A Man For All Seasons? It is a man- A common Man, who represents all the common people who are looked down upon. Bolt states in the preface of this play, that the Common Man had been planned to stipulate “that which is common to us all”(xix). The Common Man personifies the neutrality and entireness of the” Common people.” Bolt allows the reader to track which character the common man is playing by providing a different color hat for each character given. Although it seems that his role in the play is not significant, his roles increase in importance throughout the play to give the reader a better understanding of what Bolt is trying

Self preservation is not always the big motivation for those with all the power and money. For example, we see the common man talk the role of publican/innkeeper who is providing a room for Sir Cromwell. In this scene, Cromwell gets frustrated with the publican because “he does not understand” what Cromwell is trying to instruct him. Cromwell is also made the innkeeper does not know who he is and it is surprising that he expects everybody to know who he is(70).
In conclusion, what Robert Bolt is exposing in A man for all seasons is that even though those of lesser status are looked down upon they are still the same as those who are of higher status. Even though those of higher status have sometimes lack a moral footing does not mean that those of the lower status will also lack moral footing. Bolt is exposing the fact that universally society treats everyone differently based on appearance or what their parents do for a living, when really he is trying to expose the fact that no one should be looked down upon, all though we differ in some things we are still the