Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons": Reasons For A Person's Actions

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that life is the greatest value to man, and to place anything
above it would be asinine. More's behavior was bizarre even to his own time
period. His daughter, Margaret, pleaded for him to sign the oath, "Then say
the words of the oath and in your heart think otherwise"(81). Her father could
not morally be satisfied by this. More believed that when an oath is taken, one
is placing his pledging his self and soul. " When a man takes an oath, Meg,
he's holding his own self in his own hands. And if he opens his fingers then-
he needn't hope to find himself again"(81).
On the other hand, Richard Rich's actions were not based upon conscience
or morality. He would sacrifice his friend's life in order to receive a job
offer. After Rich testifies, and More learns that Rich was appointed Attorney-
General for Wales, he is full of disgust and disbelief when he says, " For
Wales? Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the
world.....But for Wales!"(92). Rich can ...

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