Conflict in A Man for All Seasons

In England, during the Renaissance, Henry XIII wants to divorce his wife, Catharine of Arigon. To look good in-front of his people, Henry asks Sir Thomas More, a well respected lawyer and citizen, to support the divorce. This presents Sir Thomas More with an inner conflict. In Robert Bolt's play, A Man for All Seasons, Thomas More resists pressures exerted by Henry XIII through Thomas Cromwell, The Duke of Norfolk, and Alice More. These pressures …

…had a downfall. Thomas More was executed and Martin Luther King was assassinated. Today, it is rare, yet special and unique, when people actually stand up for what they believe; yet for standing up in what they believed in, they were killed. People like Thomas More and Martin Luther King are rare in today's society. However, the more people in the world that are like them, the better a world we will all live in.