ConscienceWebster's seventh new collegiate dictionary defines conscience as "the feeling or awareness of the moral goodness or wrongness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character, accompanied by a feeling of obligation to do good 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 a trait that every character possesses. This trait differs in intensity throughout the play in each of the main characters. Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII demonstrate their unchanging conscience through their actions. More refuses to accept the king's divorce from Catherine and his marriage to Anne. The king appoints More Lord Chancellor, hoping to persuade Sir Thomas to accept his marriage. KingHenry wants everyone to accept his divorce. He believes he is right to oppose the pope's decision and wants all his royal subjects and popular men to accept his decision. It is the “individual conscience” of the king that speaks. He fears that without the acceptance of Thomas, Lord Chancellor, he has angered God and will pay for his unsupported decision. Sir Thomas More was the only character who believed and stayed true to his conscience, in doing so it cost him dearly. his life. Sir Thomas was a very prominent member of the king's council, he was the only one who would not accept bribes to influence his decision. Sir Thomas had always trusted ...