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A Man for All Seasons (Theatre)
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A Man for All Seasons is an award-winning play written by Robert Bolt and Inspired by… actual historic events. After successful runs in London (1960) and New York (1962), it was adapted to film in 1966. The play and the film made a star of Paul Scofield, who won both a Tony Award and an Academy Award for his performance. The film picked up five additional Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay (Bolt), Best Director (Fred Zinnemann), and Best Picture. Also appearing in the film's cast are Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Vanessa Redgrave, and John Hurt.Once upon a time — that time being early in the 16th century — Sir Thomas More was an English barrister who became the country's Lord Chancellor and the most trusted adviser of King Henry VIII. More was a devout Catholic with a keen moral focus, and his advice was good.Then Henry wanted to divorce wife Catherine of Aragon, who'd failed to produce a living son, so he could marry the fertile Anne Boleyn. More refused to support this plan; he considered it immoral, and against his religion. The fact that the original marriage had been arranged to help foster peace with another Catholic country (Spain) didn't help.So Henry decided to Take a Third Option: leave the Catholic Church and found a brand-new one, the Church of England, with himself as its head. More hated this idea and refused to support it; although he'd made a bit of a stink about corruption and abuse of power in the Church, his devout Catholicism forbade him from supporting an outright schism. But pretty much everyone else who was anyone in the government did support the king. More, rather than kick up a protest, decided to resign his post and keep his mouth tightly shut, but the fact that he would not publicly endorse the idea nonetheless made it pretty obvious to everybody that he was against it.King Henry VIII was now good and angry at Thomas More, and the persecution started in earnest...In addition to the film, the play has been produced for television at least three times, including a 1988 version starring Charlton Heston which stuck more closely to the stage version, notably retaining the Fourth Wall-breaking Common Man narrator-character.In 2006, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a radio drama adaptation for their Saturday Play, using music composed by Henry VIII himself and featuring Charles Dance as Sir Thomas More. | |
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SnarkKnight | |
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Snark Knight: Much of More's humour takes this form, even cleverly disguising it as Self-Deprecation when targeted at the King himself: | |
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Opinion Flip-Flop | |
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Opinion Flip-Flop: Roper starts the play as Lutheran, then by the end of Act I he's a Catholic. This is something of a family trait; Will's father was noted by More as "always swimming against the stream." | |
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The Corruptible | |
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The Corruptible: Richard Rich. More is well aware of this and tries to convince him to take a post as a teacher at a new school, a place "where he won't be tempted". | |
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Dragon-in-Chief | |
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Dragon-in-Chief: Henry VIII drives the action, but Cromwell is one who does most of the work. | |
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Jumping Off the Slippery Slope | |
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Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Henry VIII goes from a wanting a divorce from an unhappy marriage (that was forced upon him by his father and ministers) to being a paranoid tyrant who will not take any criticism of his rule. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: "There'll be no new Chancellors while Wolsey lives." | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Vanessa Redgrave makes a cameo as Anne Boleyn, during the wedding. | |
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The Ghost | |
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The Ghost: For all that she's mentioned, Anne Boleyn never appears onstage in the play. | |
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The Rival | |
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The Rival: Cromwell wants to replace More as Henry's favorite advisor. He eventually succeeds | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: The Common Man addresses the audience directly. | |
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Punch-Clock Villain | |
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Punch-Clock Villain: Cromwell invokes this when he proclaims himself a mere "administrator" who "merely do[es] things" to affect the King's will. It's shown to be a rather blatant lie, though, as Cromwell is exceedingly ambitious and does a poor job of hiding it. It's probable that Cromwell sincerely has Nothing Personal against More, but neither does he have any scruples about disposing of him. | |
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Adaptation Expansion | |
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Adaptation Expansion: The film does add several brief scenes of exposition to make up for the Common Man's absence: Wolsey's death, Henry's wedding, Parliament voting on the Act of Succession. | |
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As the Good Book Says... | |
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As the Good Book Says...: More, paraphrasing Matthew 16:26 (and Mark 8:36 and Luke 9:25): | |
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Genre Blindness | |
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Genre Blindness: More believes if he just keeps quiet about his opinions on the marriage he can live out in peace. Lady Alice is much more cunning. | |
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Literary Allusion Title | |
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Literary Allusion Title: From Robert Whittington's Vulgaria (1520): | |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness | |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Sir Thomas More. He's impossible to bribe as a judge. | |
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Seasonal Baggage | |
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Seasonal Baggage: The passage of time while Thomas More is locked up in the Tower of London is illustrated by a shot out of the window of his cell in summer, then the same shot but with winter snow, then the same shot in springtime. | |
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Loss of Identity | |
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Loss of Identity: Averted. Sir Thomas makes it clear, though, that if he had consented to swear a false oath, this would have been his inevitable fate. Richard Rich arguably falls victim to it, though we do not really see the effects onscreen. | |
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Succession Crisis | |
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Succession Crisis: Why all this is happening in the first place — Henry VIII wants a male heir, and wife #1 (Catherine of Aragon) hasn't provided one. Wolsey fears that the Wars of the Roses (Yorkist Wars) will start up again without one. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Cranmer does not like the idea of Cromwell bribing the Jailer to commit perjury against More. | |
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Hollywood Law | |
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Hollywood Law: More is made to say that "When I was at law, it was the custom to ask the prisoner if he had anything to say before sentence was passed upon him." This is the garbled US version. In England, it is "Do you know of any reason why sentence should NOT be passed upon you?", in the unlikely event that there is cause for the defense to "move in arrest of judgement". (As Henry Cecil points out from his days on the bench, most criminals in the dock have no idea of this, and judges find it easier to just let them ramble when they take it as an invitation to rant about whatever is eating them than to try and shut them up.) | |
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Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work | |
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Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: Cromwell is Henry's agent, and does most of the "disagreeable tasks" in the play. Notably the King himself doesn't order Norfolk to join the conspiracy against More, he has Cromwell do it for him instead. | |
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Minion with an F in Evil | |
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Minion with an F in Evil: Norfolk. He's one of More's closest friends, but he's forced to join the conspiracy agaist him because Henry wishes it. | |
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Face Death with Dignity | |
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Face Death with Dignity: Sir Thomas knows exactly where his resistance is taking him. | |
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Historical Hero Upgrade | |
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Historical Hero Upgrade: No mention is made of More's attitudes towards heresy and capital punishment which were suited to his age but not ours. | |
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Adaptational Heroism | |
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Adaptational Heroism: The Duke of Norfolk is not the judge in More's trial (being replaced by a trio of judges) but merely a spectator instead. | |
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Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! | |
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Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: William Roper is willing to do this, but Sir Thomas More is not, as shown in this exchange: | |
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You Have Failed Me | |
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You Have Failed Me: When Wolsey can't secure a divorce Henry charges him with treason, but he dies before he can even stand trial, or make it to the Tower. | |
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Smart People Know Latin | |
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Smart People Know Latin: Henry tests how smart Meg is by conversing with her in Latin. Her Latin is better and Henry is a bit miffed but he doesn't make a big deal out of it. | |
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Neutrality Backlash | |
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Neutrality Backlash: Much of More's tragedy revolves around this. He does not likes the idea of creating the Church of England, Henry will probably behead him if he is a nay-sayer, so he just steps out of the way and keeps mum… and everybody on Henry's side decides that More, living or dead, needs to be removed as an obstacle all the same. | |
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Commander Contrarian | |
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Commander Contrarian: Roper. More remarks that the Ropers are only happy when going against the tide, and correctly predicts that a serious attack on the Church will make Will change his mind. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: The only person to get a happy ending in this story is Rich. | |
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Author Tract | |
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Author Tract: The play makes it very clear that More is the fella we're supposed to be cheering for. | |
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We Used to Be Friends | |
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We Used to Be Friends: Henry and More. Eventually their friendship ends because More won't support Henry in his efforts for a divorce. Even then they both have some affection for each other: More still considers himself the King's servant, and Henry gives More chance after chance to take the Oath and save himself. More and Rich. Their friendship ends when Rich pathetically begs More for a postion at Court. More steadfastly refuses. Only then More becomes aware of how much influnce Cromwell has over his young friend. | |
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The Caligula | |
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The Caligula: Henry VIII by the play's end. He will not tolerate any criticism about Anne or his separation from Rome. Any poor fool who does speak his mind will be charged with treason and have their head cut off. | |
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Blade-of-Grass Cut | |
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Blade-of-Grass Cut: Close-up of flowers and bugs on the leaves at the end, as More is standing on the executioner's block. | |
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Affably Evil | |
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Archbishop Cranmer is much less abrasive but is firmly in Henry's camp and willingly conspires against More. | |
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Adaptation Distillation | |
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Adaptation Distillation: The subplot with the Spanish Ambassador was dropped, and some scenes were trimmed. Bolt himself wrote the screenplay. | |
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Kangaroo Court | |
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Kangaroo Court: More's trial. Witnesses who could help him are conveniently out of the country. The evidence against him is false, and done so for a very obvious bribe (Rich's job as Attorney General for Wales which is announced to the whole court). But the real clincher is when Cromwell intimidates the jury enough to not consider the evidence but deliver a guilty verdict right then and there. | |
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Death Glare | |
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Death Glare: When a frustrated Norfolk begs More to take the Oath of Supremacy for the sake of friendship, he blurts out "I'm not a scholar, I don't know whether the marriage [between Henry and Anne] was lawful or not!" which results in a brief but intense one of these from Cromwell. | |
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Jerkass Has a Point | |
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Jerkass Has a Point: Henry VIII does have Biblical basis for wanting a divorce: lying with your brothers widow is considered to be a sin, and he genuinely believes his lack of a male heir is God's punishment, and that the King of Spain and the Pope are keeping him in a state of sin for their own reasons. Henry VIII was only able to marry his brother's widow because of a special dispensation granted by the Pope, but over time Henry came to believe the Pope never had the authority to do so. Cardinal Wolsey points out that without a legitimate male heir, England may well fall to civil war when Henry dies. | |
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Being Good Sucks | |
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Being Good Sucks: It's a major theme; Thomas More remarks that vice often brings greater rewards than virtue, so we must expend extra effort to be good. | |
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Doomed Moral Victor | |
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Doomed Moral Victor: Sir Thomas More, who stands up for what he believes in and is eventually executed. | |
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Almighty Janitor | |
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Almighty Janitor: Cromwell's official title is Secretary of the Council, or "Master Secretary". But he's pratically Henry's right hand man by the end of the play. | |
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Obviously Evil | |
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Obviously Evil: Cromwell. Even before he actually appears the More Family is greatly alarmed by the news he's become Wolsey's secretary. | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: After More is found guilty of treason, and with nothing to lose he finally speaks his mind about Henry's separation with Rome. He angrily denounces Henry's actions as illegal, as Church Immunity from the State is promised in both Magna Carta and the Coronation Oath, and that the real reason he's on trial is not for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy but for refusing to recognize the marriage. | |
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Off with His Head! | |
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Off with His Head!: Sir Thomas (with the aid of a Gory Discretion Shot, of course). | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: It's implied in the play that reason for the Oath of Supremacy is because More wouldn't go to Henry and Anne's wedding. | |
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Establishing Character Moment | |
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Establishing Character Moment: Cromwell gets one when he politely shows in More to see Wolsey, then is seen eavesdropping on their conversation, proving he's loyal only to himself. | |
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Open Secret | |
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Open Secret: Everyone knows Henry wants to divorce Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn. | |
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Large Ham | |
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Large Ham: King Henry. During his attempt to get More's endorsement, he's basically shouting the entire time. Even the other characters notice it, and are listening at the window. Or away from the window, given the volume. | |
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Laser-Guided Karma | |
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Laser-Guided Karma: A few years after the events of the play (as stated in the epilogue), Henry VIII has Thomas Cromwell executed for treason, meeting the same fate that his machinations inflicted on Sir Thomas More. Cromwell foreshadows this with "If I bring about More's death... then, I plant my own, I think." In contrast, fully averted as a case of Karma Houdini for the equally malicious and power-hungry Richard Rich, who (according to the epilogue) eventually becomes Lord Chancellor and lives a long, prosperous life before dying of old age decades later. | |
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Rule of Symbolism | |
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Rule of Symbolism: A woman tries to bribe More with a silver cup to rule in her favor at court. More being an honest judge gives it to Rich, in an attempt to teach him about corruption and bribery. Eventually Rich, throws his lot in with Cromwell because he's promises Rich a postion at court, More does not. | |
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Sinister Minister | |
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Sinister Minister: Cardinal Wolsey who is openly corrupt, scheming and devious. Archbishop Cranmer is much less abrasive but is firmly in Henry's camp and willingly conspires against More. | |
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Take a Third Option | |
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Take a Third Option: King Henry choosing to split from the Catholic Church. Sir Thomas' decision to side publicly neither with the Reformers nor the Catholics and to remain silent about Henry's choice. In successive scenes, Cromwell and Chapuys insist "If he's against Spain/Cromwell, he's with us. There's no third alternative." More is bent on showing there is. | |
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Faux Affably Evil | |
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Faux Affably Evil: Wolsey and especially Cromwell. | |
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Throw the Dog a Bone | |
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Throw the Dog a Bone: During More's trial Henry is still offering him a chance to take the Oath and save himself. Norfolk gets charged with treason somewhere down the line, but Henry dies before he can sign the death warrant. | |
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Ambition Is Evil | |
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Ambition Is Evil: Richard Rich, whose climb up the political ladder requires him to deliver More to the executioner. Cromwell. His rise in Court greatly alarms More, his family, and Norfolk. | |
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UnPerson | |
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Un-person: More after he resigns as Chancellor. Even the boatmen on the Thames won't give him a ride home. | |
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Hot Consort | |
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Hot Consort: Anne Boleyn (in the minute or so we see her, anyway). | |
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Nice to the Waiter | |
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Nice to the Waiter: More to his household staff, even Matthew who is easily bribed to give information about his master to his enemies. When he has to let them go, he makes a point of finding new places for all of them. | |
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Karma Houdini | |
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Karma Houdini: "Richard Rich became Chancellor of England...and died in his bed." | |
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The Friend Nobody Likes | |
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The Friend Nobody Likes: Rich is the only one in More's circle who actually likes Cromwell. Rich himself could qualify as well. | |
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To Be Lawful or Good | |
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To Be Lawful or Good: The central conflict for More is whether to defer to the king as head of state, or follow the morals of his religion. (He firmly chooses his moral convictions, but he's savvy enough about the law to make this choice hard for everybody else.) | |
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Disappointed by the Motive | |
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Disappointed by the Motive: More's reaction when he finds out that Richard Rich betrayed him in exchange for being named Attorney General for Wales. | |
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The Paragon Always Rebels | |
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The Paragon Always Rebels: Before Henry VIII split with Rome over the matter of his divorce, he was a devoted Catholic. As mentioned by More and Cromwell in Act II, he wrote a theological book called In Defence of the Seven Sacraments, for which the Pope named him "Defender of the Faith". | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: A subtle one, but More is not happy, when he sees that Cromwell is now part of Henry's entourage. | |
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Offscreen Karma | |
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Offscreen Karma: Various villains conspire to have Thomas More unjustly executed for treason. The film's narrator gives us their subsequent fates: | |
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Your Days Are Numbered | |
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Your Days Are Numbered: Wolsey is well aware that if he can't secure a divorce for Henry his days as Chancellor are over. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: More, after he learns that Richard Rich committed perjury against him in exchange for being named Attorney General for Wales. | |
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue | |
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: at the end of the film, a voiceover explains what happens in the next few years (for most of the characters, things get worse). | |
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Hard Truth Aesop | |
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Hard Truth Aesop: Given by the Common Man at the end of the play. | |
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Teeth-Clenched Teamwork | |
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Teeth Clenched Team Work: Norfolk and Cromwell. The two hate each other, and are only working together because the King wishes it (if Norfolk had his way he wouldn't even be part of the Conspiracy against More). | |
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And Starring | |
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And Starring: Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More. | |
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Break His Heart to Save Him | |
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Break His Heart to Save Him: Norfolk has been ordered by the King through his proxy Cromwell to join the conspiracy against More. Norfolk, not wanting to do it, tells More all about it, in friendship. More goads Norfolk into ending their friendship with a heated argument in order to spare him the conflict of having to choose between their friendship and his duty to the King. Even then he only half-suceeds, Norfolk implores More to take the Oath like him for fellowship. | |
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Smash to Black | |
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Smash to Black: With the thud of the executioner's axe that lops off More's head. Then a static shot of a castle for the brief epilogue and credits. | |
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Decadent Court | |
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Decadent Court: Being a government offical does not entail job security when Henry VIII is in charge. If you fail him or displease him expect a trumped up charge of treason somewhere in your future. | |
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Toxic Friend Influence | |
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Toxic Friend Influence: Cromwell to Rich and more seriously to the King himself. | |
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Holier Than Thou | |
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Holier Than Thou: More is a genuinely devout and honest man, but he doesn't lord his virtue over others. That said he does play this trope straight in his dislike of Lutherans (a common belief at the time) and his willingness to drive his family into poverty (along with his household staff) and possibly endanger them as well by angering the King. | |
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Joker Jury | |
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Joker Jury: The jury of More's trial is composed of broomsticks wearing hats, except the Common Man, who's the foreman. | |
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Social Climber | |
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Social Climber: Wolsey is mentioned to be a "butcher's son" and Cromwell is mentioned to be a "farrier's son"; both have managed to work their way to positions of power and prestige at Court. Rich too, but he tries too hard, which is why he gets constantly snubbed until Cromwell takes him under his wing. | |
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Dating What Daddy Hates | |
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Dating What Daddy Hates: Meg's boyfriend Will Roper is a fine young man from a good family who's been called to the Bar and later offered a seat in Parliament. He just happens to be a Lutheran, or in More's view a heretic. Roper eventually goes back to Catholicism, and marries Meg. | |
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You Talk Too Much! | |
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You Talk Too Much!: Roper is very open about his opinions (which he changes often) to point where More has to tell him to shut it before he gets accused of treason. | |
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Historical Villain Upgrade | |
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Historical Villain Upgrade: Henry VIII is portrayed as an intellectual cipher, though possessed with a low cunning. In reality, he was, like all the Tudors, something of an intellectual with a real appreciation for fine culture. The play and film helped codify Thomas Cromwell's reputation as the amoral ur-villain of Tudor England. More recent historical and fictional works have significantly revised this portrayal. Cardinal Wolsey, who is portrayed as ruthless, openly corrupt and without friends or principles. Like Cromwell, Wolf Hall and other recent depictions of Henry's court have done much to soften his reputation. | |
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The Ditz | |
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The Ditz: The Duke of Norfolk is short a few little gray cells, mostly so that the audience can get some much-needed legal exposition. He says as much himself at one point, admitting that he is "no scholar". This is lampshaded: | |
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Turncoat | |
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Turn Coat: Richard Rich (against More), Thomas Cromwell (against Wolsey), and, because he's being forced by Henry, the Duke of Norfolk against More. | |
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Greek Chorus | |
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Greek Chorus: The Common Man, who also takes on multiple roles (including More's executioner). | |
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Pimped-Out Dress | |
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Pimped-Out Dress: Anne's scene has her in an ermine-trimmed dress. | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The normally jovial and pleasant Henry explodes in anger when More refuses to change his opinion on the royal divorce, colouring all their further interactions with a vaguely threatening atmosphere. | |
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Rules Lawyer | |
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Rules Lawyer: More as a lawyer and later a judge is an expert in law, which works to his advantage. He knows if he openly states his opinions on why he won't swear to the Oath he'll be charged with treason. But if he remains silent on the subject all Henry and Cromwell can do is lock him up in the Tower. Sadly he didn't count on Rich commiting perjury to get him beheaded. | |
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Popularity Power | |
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Popularity Power: More is a well regarded as a philosopher, scholar, statesman, and a honest man all across Europe. It's why Henry desperately wants his approval for his divorce. However More is not popular enough to be spared the Tower. | |
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One-Steve Limit | |
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One-Steve Limit: Five of the historical figures presented in the play were named Thomas; to avoid confusion, the play mentions only Thomas More's first name, while Cromwell, Wolsey, Cranmer and Norfolk are referred to only by their surnames or titles. | |
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The Starscream | |
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The Starscream: Cromwell starts off as Wolsey's secretary, but he curries favor with the King when Wolsey becomes disgraced and moves up in the Royal Court until he ends up living in Hampton Court, the residence of his former master. Henry VIII at one point calls him a jackal with teeth who only follows him because he's his tiger, but by the end he doesn't seem to mind this. | |
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High Turnover Rate | |
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High Turnover Rate: Henry VIII goes through courtiers and ministers at an alarming rate. | |
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Decomposite Character | |
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Decomposite Character: The Common Man was deemed too theatrical for a film, and is decomposed into his various separate roles, with one, Sir Thomas' servant Matthew, retaining a little of his function as commentator. | |
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With Us or Against Us | |
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With Us or Against Us: There's no arguing with Henry VIII. Nor is it possible to just keep quiet and not say anything about the King's plans one way or the other; Henry will have an endorsement, or else. | |
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Number Two | |
| A Man for All Seasons (Theatre) / int_fa7d3dfe | comment |
Number Two: Wolsey, More, and Cromwell all serve this postion to Henry during the play. Neither of them lasts very long though as Henry is a very fickle and impatient monarch. | |
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Riches to Rags | |
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Riches to Rags: After More resigns as Chancellor, he has to let go of his household staff because he can't afford them any longer. Lady Alice is not very happy about the arrangement. | |
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Evil Is Petty | |
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Evil is Petty: Wolsey plants the idea that More should be the next Chancellor after him as revenge for refusing to help him secure a divorce: Cromwell convinces the King to make Norfolk part of the Conspiracy against More out of pure spite. | |
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