A Man for All Seasons Analysis

Although the historical setting of 16th-century England plays a huge role in A Man for All Seasons, the actual places we visit are a bit trickier to discuss. While there's nothing groundbreaking ab...

As made clear by the play's epigraph, the phrase A Man for All Seasons is meant to apply to More himself. Robert Whittonton, a writer from More's time, used the phrase to say that More was the kind...

Sir Thomas MoreMore is a man of an angel's wit and singular learning; I know not his fellow. For where is the man of that gentleness, lowliness, and affability? And as time requireth a man of marve...

Given that A Man for All Seasons is based on real-life history, all you'd have to do is look at Thomas More's Wikipedia page to be spoiled about the execution at the end of the play. Oh, well.We cl...

You might expect a book about 16th-century England to be dense when it comes to language, but A Man for All Seasons is defined by its modern, readable style. The thing features quite a bit of stage...