Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"More's unambiguous refusal to attend the coronation and his damning prediction that Cromwell will find company in Hell directly lead to his arrest and imprisonment; Cromwell then visits him in the Tower, continuing their fraught dialogue."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_arc
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
This is a direct causal chain in the central conflict: More's principled defiance triggers his fall from grace, and Cromwell's visit to the Tower is the inevitable next step in their tragic relationship, moving from political persuasion to last-ditch mercy.
About Causal Connections
A directly causes B. The first event sets forces in motion that produce the second. These are the load-bearing connections of plot--remove one and the story structure collapses.