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The Significance of the Common man in "A man for all Season".
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Daniel Serrage U5N The Significance of the Common man in "A man for all Season" Robert Bolt uses the Common Man as a dramatical device to relate to the audience, 'that which is common to us all. This means he has several roles within the play, a prologue, More's steward, a boatman and a gaoler. It is significant that the Common Man both starts and ends the play providing the original is used. This is significant as it sets the scene for the rest of the play, just as in Macbeth when Shakespeare uses the witches in the first scene and he can be compared to the chorus used in many of Shakespeare's play but the chorus only narrates throughout Shakespeare's plays, in "A man for all season's" the common man frequently steps out of the play to converse with the audience. The very first time Common Man speaks Robert Bolt recalls the...
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