A Man For All Seasons - Friend or Foe :: A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt

Friend or Foe In the take, A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt there are a few people that cant be trusted by Sir Thomas More, the main piece in the book. Richard Rich is definitely one of those hands who cant be trusted and along with Thomas Cromwell the two destroy Mores life slowly but surely and to the picture of death. In the end of the book More is executed for high treason and his family goes from being very well off to having to start everyplace. So this book shows that through deceitfulness of two, one can fall. There are two main reasons that Rich would be considered a Foe and those are his weak chaste vulcanized fiber and his devalue of Mores friendship. These are reasons to make someone a Foe because if a person doesnt hold true to their morals accordingly they are easily persuaded and if a person had the friendship of More then they would be idiots not to keep that friendship and respect. In the following paragraphs I testament give examples from the book of these reasons. One reason why Rich is a Foe is because his moral character isnt very strong and throughout the book there are cosmosy times where it is shown that Rich doesnt have a strong moral character, for example Rich But every man has his price? More No-no-no- Rich But yes In money too. More No no noRich Or pleasure. Titles, woman, bricks-and-mortar, theres everlastingly something. More Childish. In this quote (pg.4) it shows that Rich can be bought and he is trying to tell More that this is normal because everyone has his price. However, More, being the kind and gracious man he is, tries to explain that being able to be bought is not normal and it is a moral weakness in someones character and tries to help him get a job as a teacher where there is no temptation of bribery. Another example of how Richs moral character is weak is when he is talking to Cromwell and Cromwell tells him that he is to become Secretary to the Council, which he asks Rich not tell an yone about it. However when Cromwell repeats the question over and over, Rich, finally, says he would but it would depend on the bribe.