In the play, A Man for All Seasons, by English playwright Robert Bolt, the female characters are all restricted to the role as wife, mother and lover. Bolt constructs them as being constricted and disempowered, but also as being strong, intelligent women, showing that he does not endorse the idea of women being restricted to these roles. A Man for all Seasons is set during Tudor England, and at the time it was standard practice …showed first 75 words of 1530 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1530 total…bolt is able to convey to the reader that he challenges the idea of twomen playing these roles. He constructs the women in a way which the audience is impressed by them, and therefore sees that they do not deserve to be in the position they are in. Bolt believes they are capable enough to become more than what they are, and challenges the view of women being nothing more than wives, mothers and lovers.