Man For All Seasons

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The Common Man in the play A Man for All Seasons has a very important role. He is the link between the audience and the play itself. His purpose is to keep the audience from becoming too emotionally involved in the play, to destroy the idea of theatrical illusion, and to make the audience able to identify with him by portraying many different common characters. The Common Man introduces, and, in one ending, concludes the …

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…be, but the Common Man is still very effective. By keeping the audience's emotions out of the play, by destroying the idea of theatrical illusion, and by being easily identifiable with the ordinary person, the Common Man makes A Man For All Seasons a better play. It is easier for the audience to actually think about what is going on, and to decide what they think should happen, which is what Bolt wanted to do.