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A man for all seasons
Title: A man for all seasons
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 196 | Pages: 0.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
A man for all seasons
Historical Drama and the Dimensions of Tragedy: A
Man For All Seasons and The Crucible
A comparison of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons and Arthur Miller's The Crucible demonstrates the potentiality of
historical drama to produce melodrama or tragedy. Written at approximately the same time, both dramas depict a modern
"hero of self," both describe him as reluctant figure who tries to evade martrydom, both conceive of personal character rather
than political or …showed first 75 words of 196 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 196 total…Heilman: a character divided within the self makes choices, bears the consequences of those choices, gains a
new awareness, and suffers victory in defeat Bolt's play depicts melodrama: the hero is the victim of forces acting upon him,
suffers no internal division, and consequently does not act against himself. In consequence, Bolt writes significant melodrama
and depicts a man for all seasons; Miller transforms historical text into tragedy and writes a drama for all seasons.
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