Who is cromwell in a man for all seasons

Contrasting personalities are mainly portrayed through the two characters, Sir Thomas More, and Thomas Cromwell. Their different personalities cause their actions to further the play and the situations in the play. More is a kind man, who seems to put others before himself, and bites his tongue even when he has an opinion on a subject. Cromwell is portrayed as a serious, self-conceited man, whose actions only benefit himself.

The letter is to be sent to Rome, to the Pope. More says that the Pope may be reluctant to grant another exemption. Wolsey wants More to be realistic. The King wants the marriage ended. Catherine wants to stay married to the King. Chapuys gets the impression that More is also against the idea of a royal divorce. He tells More that an insult to Catherine would be an insult to the King of Spain. He asks More what his response to Wolsey was. When More returns to his home in Chelsea it is late. His daughter, Margaret, is still awake.

Her suitor, Will Roper, is there. He tells Sir Thomas that he wants to marry Margaret. Roper is a Lutheran so More is against the marriage. More is promoted to Chancellor, replacing Wolsey. This means that he will now be under even more pressure from the King and his Court to change his position regarding the royal marriage. At a pub, Cromwell has a meeting with Richard Rich, the man to whom More earlier gave the cup.

Rich is in a frame of mind to be bribed. He wants to move up in the world and is willing to do whatever is asked of him by someone willing to help him rise. Cromwell brags that he does whatever the King wants to be done. He tells him that he knows that the King will be visiting More soon to discuss the marriage with him. All three men, one at a time, try to get information from Matthew. He gives them information, but nothing really secret.

The household is not supposed to know that the King is coming, but everyone does. The household pretends to be surprised. The King notices how well-educated Margaret is. The King switches from friendly to demanding and back again throughout his visit.

He must have his divorce. If More has not changed his mind on the matter, then he should give the matter more thought. More reminds the King that he promised not to push him on this subject when he became chancellor.

The King says that he is breaking his word, and then he says that he is joking. Both quote from the bible to back up their side. Unlike More, Rich conquers and destroys his conscience rather than obeying it. Norfolk is ultimately asked by Cromwell, and even encouraged by More himself, to betray his friendship with More. Her attitude shifts from anger to confusion. Eventually, More shows her that he cannot go to his death until he knows that she understands his decision.

A crafty lawyer who is the primary agent plotting against More. Whereas Rich and the Common Man are driven to their immoral actions conspiracy, execution, and so on somewhat reluctantly at times, Cromwell is motivated more by an evil nature. The Spanish ambassador to England. Chapuys is loyal to his country and intent on assuring that the divorce between King Henry and Catherine, which would dishonor Catherine, does not go through.

When questioning More, Chapuys displays his aptitude for hiding his political agenda under the guise of religious fervor. An overzealous young man who is a staunch Lutheran at the beginning of the play and later converts to Catholicism. Thomas Cromwell Leo McKern is the brains of Henry's operation—a totally ruthless, unscrupulous, political operator. He starts out as Wolsey's secretary and ascends from there, reaching dizzying heights.

He ruthlessly persecutes More, bringing him up on charges of high treason when he can't bully him into signing the oath approving of Henry's marriage. A Man for All Seasons portrays Cromwell as a slimy, backroom operator.

Since More's silence isn't quite compelling enough of a reason to convict him, Cromwell gets Richard Rich to accuse More of bribery. When that doesn't fly, and the Duke of Norfolk shows that More dispensed with the bribe which came in the form of a silver cup once he realized what it was, Cromwell apparently gets Rich to perjure himself by falsely claiming that More had denied Henry's right to remarry.

Or those like Master Cromwell follow because they're jackals with sharp teeth