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Pragmatism Vs. Idealism (a Man

of society. To him the law was a forest in which he could hide and never be found; it was a “causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely” (Bolt, p. 89) Thus, with this belief More took every action to not to trap himself but rather be protected by the law. He avoided all events that may be misinterpreted as treason. When Signor Chapuys came to More to inform him that the people in Yorkshire were ready for resistance by force of arms,
More deliberately misinterpreted it as “Metaphorical arms. The breastplate of righteousness and the helmet of salvation.”(Bolt, p. 51) He is able to see right through people and he knows he has
spies in the house such as ...

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not read the letter. Even in the case of the
Maid of Kent, More writes to her “advising her to abstain from meddling with the affairs of Princes and the State” (Bolt, p. 67). As a precaution, More gets it notarized and thus it is evidence in favor of him, not against him. Other then refusing every possible way of being disloyal, More uses silence as his main strategy. “He was a man with a firm sense of his own self. He knew where he began and left off, what area of himself he could reveal to the encroachments of his enemies, and what to the encroachments of those he loved.” He refuses to talk to anyone or declare his position on the Kings divorce. He knows that anything he says canbe used against him as treason and thus repeatedly says that he will answer to the King alone. The corruption of the times is evident when, after failing to find anything on More, Cromwell decides to “put something in the cupboard” (Bolt, p. 69). The laws that More hid behind are
now twisted in ...

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In the trial, Cromwell rewards Rich for lying about the
More and sends away the only two people that would be able to save the More. Chapuys is a
mirror image of Cromwell. Just like Cromwell is King Henry’s ears, Chapuys is those of the
King of Spain. He hunts around for information by paying the steward and tries his best to get
More on his side, so later he himself may be rewarded. Last but not least, Wolsey is another
pragmatist who is a self serving man. Even though he is a churchman he has no moral
conscience. He wants to be the pope only for the materialistic rather than spiritual reasons. He
is supposed to be a holy man yet he speaks vulgarity. When talking about ...

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