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Analytical Essay: The Common Man For All Seasons

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The Common man is a disloyal to himself and selfish in personal matters because of over charged emotions. That’s why the common man is acting as a puppet. Steward says, “The great things are not to get out of your depth ...What I can tell them common knowledge! But now they have given money for it and everyone wants value for his money. They will make a secret of it now to prove they have not been bilked...They will make it a secret by making it dangerous...Mm...Oh, when I can't touch the bottom I'll go deaf blind and dumb. And that is more than I earn in a fortnight” (A Man for All Seasons 67). The changing character of the common man and greed for wealth make him disloyal. “I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death” (Julius Caesar 104) Brutus committed a murder and also saying the truth just for the sake of loyalty to his people and country. …show more content…

“I am a plain, simple man, and I just want to keep out of trouble.” (A Man for All Seasons 23) The common man sense of ignorance, stupidity, and humanity which are for seeks to suppress the voice of truth. The man should think with reason and has to an eagle eye on the political systems. By doing so, the man will not discern his place in the given society. “Censure me in your wisdom and awake your senses” (Julius Caesar 103) Brutus tries to give awareness and this awareness for the sake of awareness and for the sake of common man in Kingships, democracies, aristocracies and dictatorships. He taught people how to use their minds and was condemned to death for corrupting the

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