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    TRAGIC HERO: SIR THOMAS MORE Tragedy is a theme that is shown throughout the play A Man for All Seasons‚ Sir Thomas More is the man that this tragedy is shown in. The story of Sir Thomas More is one of which a man must choose between what his king wants and his own morals. More’s tragic hero ways are shown when he goes against his king and sticks with his Catholic ways‚ by doing this More faces many obstacles and criticism to do what he feels is right and in the end he becomes a martyr for his beliefs

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    Sir Thomas More: Scholar‚ Statesman‚ and Martyr Instability remained a common theme throughout English history‚ especially in the years of 1400-1600. The King’s reign of England would usually determine the stability of the realm. When wars broke out‚ taxes were increased and society became unstable. Those who appeased the King were placed above others‚ while those who dissatisfied him would meet the blade. That was well understood by the people in the realm of England. Sir Thomas More was

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    him is insane. He sees himself as a hero and follower of god while others see him as an idiot who has dug his own grave. Sir Thomas More shows heroism by standing by his beliefs in heaven‚ God‚ and the Bible. When the time comes to choose between his life and the church‚ he gives his life knowing that he will end up in the one place everyone longs for‚ heaven. Sir Thomas More was a strong believer and worshiper of God. He ends up becoming King Henry’s new Chancellor when the old one‚ Cardinal Wolsey

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    reform the corrupt establishment; in some cases‚ these ideologies went on to become economic systems. The first among these thinkers to conceive a paradise free of corruption was Sir Thomas More. In his 1516 book‚ Utopia‚ More aims to illuminate and eradicate the socio-political corruptions in Europe by creating a more reformed society. Though his community is isolated from the rest of the world‚ scholars govern More’s Utopia; creating a place where food is plentiful‚ labor is universal (abolishing

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    Your assignment is to pretend you are a modern Sir Thomas More in the United States of America. Just as Sir Thomas More highlighted problems with European societies in Book I of Utopia‚ you are to discuss current problems with American society today. Remember that More discussed unfair punishment for crime‚ a corrupt socio-economic system‚ the greediness of kings‚ and distrust in technology. He also closely analyzed the corruption of advisors to the king. These were all significant problems in 16th

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    The perfect Utopia that Sir Thomas More had created had many things about it that made it seem excellent in all ways‚ but could too much good be bad. Yes‚ at first the customs of the Utopian society seem harmless‚ but a perfect society is dangerous. Although I think a perfect Utopian society is dangerous‚ I believe some of their customs could be useful in our life’s today. Customs like their marriage and divorce terms‚ occupational workload‚ Utopian culture‚ and even some views on Euthanasia. In

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    Through Utopia‚ More provided the leaders of his time with keen insights to help improve his world by claiming that leaders should not continue to hold his position of authority through his misrule. In Utopia More wrote‚ “It would certainly be better for him to quit his kingdom than to keep the name of authority when he has lost the majesty of kingship through his misrule.” More meant that when a leader does not govern correctly or govern morally correct‚ he should step down from his position because

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    Through Utopia‚ More provided the leaders of his time with the keen insights to help improve his world by claiming that leaders should not use poverty to control his people‚ harshly tax his people‚ and take benefits of people’s hard work. Leaders should not use poverty to control his people. In Utopia‚ Sir Thomas More wrote “Certainly it is wrong to think that the poverty of the people is a safeguard of public peace.” More meant that a ruler should not use poverty to control his people. Having people

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    different paths‚ the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance. Two famous figures of these Renaissances were Machiavelli and Thomas More. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was known as “the father of modern political theory”‚ he was born in Florence. He was a politician‚ historian‚ philosopher‚ humanist and a writer. He was part of the Italian Renaissance. Thomas More was an English lawyer‚ social philosopher‚ author‚ statesman and a renaissance humanist. He was also

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    Who Is Fleeing From Thomas Wyatt? In the poem‚ “They Flee From Me” by Thomas Wyatt many different interpretations are formed by each person who reads it. In the title Wyatt uses the word ‘they’ never giving a definitive identity as to which ‘they’ refers to. Some would say that ‘they’ refers to the women that Wyatt has loved and left while others would say that it refers to only the few women that have seduced and left Wyatt. This type of argument is made all throughout the entire poem.

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