A_Man_For_All_Seasons_-_Common_Man

A Man For All Seasons - Common Man In the story, A Man for All Seasons, the character the Common Man played many different roles. He switched between the roles of Matthew, the Boatman, the Jury foreman, the Jailer, and the executioner. All of his roles portray people of a lower class, in contrast to those like King Henry, or Sir Thomas More. Most of the characters the common man played, end up betraying their own personal moral values in the process. The character of the Common Man is used as ‘framework’ for the play. He plays small little roles, which regardless of their low status are very important. For instance the Jury foreman is the one that decided whether or not More would be convicted. So the common man, in essence decided the final outcome of the story. When the common man plays the presenter the beginning of the story he is humorous and motivates the other characters to do what they believe in. As Matthew, More’s steward man, common, roles, story, plays, played, jailer, characters, very, though, people, opinions, matthew, jury, important, foreman, different, decided, choose, character, boatman, framework, within, whether, victim, various, values, touch, thomas, taking, take, switched, steward, status, small