The final person to speak in the play either the Common man as executioner, or as The Common Man. Taken from the second ending, "I'm breathing Are you breathing too?.It's nice isn't it?/It isn't difficult to keep alive friends just don't make/trouble – or if you must make trouble, make the sort of trouble that's expected." In his last words the Common Man is reiterating his motive the entire play. Stay alive. Go to any means to stay alive and to get money. By opening and closing the play with the same character it creates a sense of closure and manifests the importance of The Common Man. The end of the play leaves the audience pondering on whether this character is the Man for all Seasons. Or perhaps it is someone else.
The other character our attention is directed towards is Sir Thomas More. In the first act we see his ascendance and in the second his fall. The first act sees More progress from a politician to a chancellor, while the second sees him resign, charged of high treason (jailed) and executed. The seamless flow from scene to scene indicates that there is a constant factor that is connecting all of these ideas. Unlike other plays where we see one character's perspective, perhaps in his room, and then another's in his office, A Man for all Seasons has Sir Thomas More in every scene, almost without exception. The sheer fact that he is in almost every scene indicates that he is not only a main character, but quite possibly the one that fits the title. More's strong values and ideals gained him much attention and because of this the King wants More consent on the divorce as it would make them feel and appear moral. More is not against the King himself, but rather the divorce. This is shown when he does not swear to the act of succession "I will not take the oath. I will no tell you/why I will not." More's beliefs on the matter is that it should not go ahead, and these align with Chapuys (ambassador for Spain).