Conscience in "A Man for All Seasons," by Robert Bolt

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary defines conscience as 'the sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or good. In "A Man for All Seasons," each character's conscience plays the ultimate role in the outcome of the story. 'Individual conscience' is trait that each character possesses. This trait differs in intensity throughout the play in each of the …

…wide variety of individual consciences, Sir Thomas More and the King have the strongest ones. Margaret and Alice More were more easily disposed, they could go against their morals, and say something. Just because they say something does not mean that they mean it. This is the message they were trying to pass along to Sir Thomas. Sir Thomas' decision to stick with his morals, cost him his life, his family, but not his pride.