In most books, small roles are never very significant, but in A Man For All Seasons one of the characters proves this wrong. The common Man is an ordinary person who the audience can relate to. This ties in with one of the main idea of the play, human nature. The audience learns that the Common Man can jump into different roles and assume that characters identity. The roles he plays although modest, are still …showed first 75 words of 852 total…

…showed last 75 words of 852 total…be harder to understand. Even thought the Common Mans roles are not very big they still contribute very much to the play. The Common Man is the link to the audience because he is the only character to talk directly to them. The characters give insight and help predict events. This is why The Common Man can be considered an important character. Work Cited Bolt, Robert. A Man For All Seasons. United States: Random House, 1962