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Conscience


Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary defines conscience as "the
sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own
conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do
right or good." In A Man for All Seasons, each character's conscience plays the
ultimate role in the outcome of the story. "Individual conscience" is trait
that each character possesses. This trait differs in intensity throughout the
play in each of the main characters. Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII show
their unchangeable conscience, by their actions. More refuses to accept the
King's divorce of Catherine, and marriage to Anne. The King appoints More to
Lord Chancellor, hoping to persuade Sir Thomas to accept his marriage. King
Henry wants everyone to accept his divorce. He believes he is right for going
against Pope's ruling, and he wants all his royal subjects, and men of
popularity to accept his decision. This is the......

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